flutophone

noun

flutophone

noun

Etymology From flute + -o- + -phone; possibly originally a trademark.

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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A small wind instrument, resembling the recorder or clarinet, used in elementary music education.

  • Then he and Bob had to put off playing detective until they practiced on their flutophones.2004, Nancy McArthur, The Mystery of the Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, page 81:
  • Our fifth grade teacher organized the class into a flutophone band. The ones we played were a two piece instrument. The mouth piece was red and the body of the instrument was white.2010, Richard Donald Pietz, A Walking Miracle: Just For My Kids, page 33:

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