Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An organ reed stop that produces tones imitative of the human voice.

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  • noun an organ stop having some resemblance to the human voice

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  • noun an organ reed stop producing tones imitative of the human voice

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin vōx hūmāna : Latin vōx, voice + Latin hūmāna, feminine of hūmānus, human.]

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