"melodica" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: melodicas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} melodica (plural melodicas)
  1. A free-reed keyboard wind instrument. Wikipedia link: melodica Categories (topical): Musical instruments Translations (free-reed keyboard wind instrument): melòdica [feminine] (Catalan), 口風琴 (Chinese Mandarin), 口风琴 (kǒufēngqín) (Chinese Mandarin), melodika (Finnish), mélodica [masculine] (French), μελόντικα (melóntika) [feminine] (Greek), pianika (Indonesian), escaleta [feminine] (Portuguese)

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