Biophotophone

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Biophotophone \Bi`o*pho"to*phone\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + photo +
     fwnh` sound, voice.]
     An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so
     that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the
     appropriate sounds; -- an archaic term replaced by {movie
     projector}. [archaic]


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]