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melodia

American  
[muh-loh-dee-uh] / məˈloʊ di ə /

noun

  1. an 8 feet (2.4 meters) wooden flue-pipe stop organ resembling the clarabella in tone.


Etymology

Origin of melodia

Special use of Late Latin melōdia melody

Example Sentences

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Post deseruitionem ferculi primi, seruitur pro secundo in 5. alijs dapum generibus modo quo supra, et renouatur in apponendo cantus suauior melodia.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Hakluyt, Richard

The eggs average smaller than those of melodia.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)

The Philomela as made by Jardine is a melodia with two mouths.

From The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments by Miller, George Laing

Similar to melodia but with less brown and the markings blacker and more distinct.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)

The passage marked la melodia con molto introduces that new and deeper note which is a feature in MacDowell's last two pianoforte albums.

From Edward MacDowell by Porte, John F.