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fipple flute

(fip′əl)

any of a class of vertical flutes, as the recorder, in which a wedgelike plug () near the mouthpiece diverts part of the breath in producing the tones

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See fipple flute in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A flute, such as a recorder, with a fipple.

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