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chal•u•meau
(shal′yə mō′; Fr. sha ly mō′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -meaux
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(-mōz′, Fr. -mō′).USA pronunciation
- Music and Dancethe low register of the clarinet.
- Music and Dancea 17th- or 18th-century woodwind instrument.
- Late Latin calamellus narrow reed; see calamus, -elle
- French: origin, originally, flute made from a reed, stem of a reed; Old French chalemel
- 1705–15
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