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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024oc•a•ri•na /ˌɑkəˈrinə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -nas. - Music and Dancea simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an egg, with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024oc•a•ri•na (ok′ə rē′nə),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes. Also called sweet potato.
- Late Latin auca, contraction of *avica, derivative of Latin avis bird), so called from the instrument's shape; apparently the name given to it by Giuseppe Donati of Budrio, near Bologna, who popularized a ceramic version c1860
- Italian, origin, originally dialect, dialectal (Emilia), diminutive of oca goose (
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