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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ophicleide
 一種低音金管樂器,遺傳栓

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Oph·i·cleide n.  Mus. A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas.  It developed from the older wooden instrument called the serpent.
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