OCARINA


Meaning of OCARINA in English

— ocarinist , n.

/ok'euh ree"neuh/ , n.

a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes. Also called sweet potato .

[ oca goose ( auca, contr. of * avica, deriv. of L avis bird), so called from the instrument's shape; appar. the name given to it by Giuseppe Donati of Budrio, near Bologna, who popularized a ceramic version c1860 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .