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vox humana

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vox hu⋅ma⋅na

[voks hyoo-mey-nuh, -mah-, -man-uh]
–noun
a pipe-organ stop designed to produce tones resembling those of the human voice.

Origin:
1720–30; < L vōx humāna human voice
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vox hu·ma·na   (hyōō-mā'nə, -mä'-, -mān'ə)   
n.   Music
An organ reed stop that produces tones imitative of the human voice.

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