— 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 ]