ocarina
noun
a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
ocarinas
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pluralof ocarina.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Of course there’s comfort in the familiar, in the oboes or ocarinas of the ordinary world, in its violins and shamisens and diddley bows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Tara Helen O’Connor and Rane Moore puffed through primitive ocarinas and twittered almost inaudibly on nano-tonal mouth organs: blocky clusters of dog whistles, invented by Mr. Adán.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2012
The very finest ocarinas were manufactured from the mud of the beautiful blue Danube.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Pearl Harbor, sales of plastic ocarinas have skyrocketed.
From Time Magazine Archive
