melodeon Hear it!

melodeon definition

☆ me·lo·deon (mə lō′dē ən)

noun

a small keyboard organ in which the tones are produced by drawing air through metal reeds by means of a bellows operated by pedals: it is much like a harmonium

Etymology: Ger melodion, coined (1806) by J. C. Dietz, Ger inventor, for another instrument < melodie < OFr, melody

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.