Violono

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

  Violone \Vi`o*lo"ne\, n. [It. violone, augment. of viola a viol.
     See {Viol}.] (Mus.)
     The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings
     tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the
     contrabasso; -- called also {double bass}. [Written also
     {violono}.]


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