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Mouth organ

noun

A small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole. Synonyms: harmonica, harp, mouth harp.

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... time Bunny and Sue watched the elephants. There were two of them, and, after a while, a keeper came into the yard, and handed a large mouth organ to the biggest elephant. The wise creature held it in his trunk, and, to the surprise of Sue and her brother, began to blow on the mouth organ, making music, though of course the elephant could not ...

— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home • Laura Lee Hope

Words linked to "Mouth organ" : harmonica, mouth harp, free-reed instrument, harp