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tu·ba   (tōō'bə, tyōō'-)   
n.  
  1. A large, valved, brass wind instrument with a bass pitch.

  2. A reed stop in an organ, having eight-foot pitch.


[Italian, from Latin, trumpet; akin to tubus, tube.]
tu'ba·ist, tu'bist n.
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