flutophone

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English

Etymology

From flute +‎ -o- +‎ -phone; possibly originally a trademark.

Noun

flutophone (plural flutophones)

  1. (music) A small wind instrument, resembling the recorder or clarinet, used in elementary music education.
    • 2004, Nancy McArthur, The Mystery of the Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, page 81:
      Then he and Bob had to put off playing detective until they practiced on their flutophones.
    • 2010, Richard Donald Pietz, A Walking Miracle: Just For My Kids, page 33:
      Our fifth grade teacher organized the class into a flutophone band. The ones we played were a two piece instrument. The mouth piece was red and the body of the instrument was white.