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or⋅ches⋅tri⋅on

  [awr-kes-tree-uhn]
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–noun
a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
Origin:
1830–40; orchestr(a) + -ion, as in accordion
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or·ches·tri·on   (ôr-kěs'trē-ən)   
n.  A large mechanical instrument resembling a barrel organ that produces sound in imitation of an orchestra.

[orchestr(a) + (melod)eon.]
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