heckelphone

/ (ˈhɛkəlˌfəʊn) /

noun

music a type of bass oboe

Nearby words

hecatomb, hechsher, hecht, hecht's pneumonia, heck, heckelphone, heckle, heckuva, hect-, hectare, hectic

Word Origin for heckelphone

C20: named after W. Heckel (1856–1909), German inventor

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