melophone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various kinds of accordion, especially a handheld free reed instrument of 19th-century France.

Word forms

melophone melophones

Etymology

Probably from French mélophone, from mélo- + -phone. By surface analysis, melo- + -phone.

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