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harmonium

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har⋅mo⋅ni⋅um

[hahr-moh-nee-uhm]
–noun
an organlike keyboard instrument with small metal reeds and a pair of bellows operated by the player's feet.

Origin:
1840–50; Latinization of Gk harmónion, neut. of harmónios harmonious
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har·mo·ni·um   (här-mō'nē-əm)   
n.  An organlike keyboard instrument that produces tones with free metal reeds actuated by air forced from a bellows.

[French, from harmonie, harmony, from Old French armonie, harmonie; see harmony.]
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