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English horn
a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to the oboe but larger and a fifth lower in pitch
See English horn in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A double-reed woodwind instrument similar to but larger than the oboe and pitched lower by a fifth.
Origin:
Origin: Translation of French cor anglais
Origin: , perhaps alteration of cor anglé, bent horn (from the curved crook to which the mouthpiece is attached)
Origin: : cor, horn
Origin: + anglé, bent
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