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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician;
[syn: helicon, bombardon]

2. a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family;
[syn: bombardon, bombard]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bombardo \Bom*bar"do\, Bombardon \Bom*bar"don\, n. [It. bombardo.] (Mus.) Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. --Grove. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bombardon n 1: a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician [syn: helicon, bombardon] 2: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn: bombardon, bombard]