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CONTRAFAGOTTO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contrafagotto mean?
• CONTRAFAGOTTO (noun)
The noun CONTRAFAGOTTO has 1 sense:
1. the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
Familiarity information: CONTRAFAGOTTO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
contrabassoon; contrafagotto; double bassoon
Hypernyms ("contrafagotto" is a kind of...):
bassoon (a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family)
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