flutophone
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From flute + -o- + -phone; possibly originally a trademark.
Noun
[edit]flutophone (plural flutophones)
- (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.