ocarina

oc•a•ri•na n. [countable], pl. -nas.

Music and Dancea simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an egg, with a mouthpiece and finger holes.

oc•a•ri•na n.

Music and Dancea simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes. Also called sweet potato.

Late Latin auca, contraction of *avica, derivative of Latin avis bird), so called from the instrument's shape; apparently the name given to it by Giuseppe Donati of Budrio, near Bologna, who popularized a ceramic version c1860
Italian, origin, originally dialect, dialectal (Emilia), diminutive of oca goose (

oc′a•ri′nist, n.

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ocarina /ˌɒkəˈriːnə/ n

an egg-shaped wind instrument with a protruding mouthpiece and six to eight finger holes, producing an almost pure tone

Etymology: 19th Century: from Italian: little goose, from oca goose, ultimately from Latin avis bird

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