English horn
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Tweet n. A double-reed woodwind instrument similar to but larger than the oboe and pitched lower by a fifth. [Translation of French cor anglais, perhaps alteration of cor anglé, bent horn (from the curved crook to which the mouthpiece is attached) : cor, horn + anglé, bent.] |
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