Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bassoon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bassoon \Bas*soon"\, n. [F. basson, fr. basse bass; or perh. fr.
bas son low sound. See {Bass} a part in music. ] (Mus.)
A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with
holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in
flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.
Note: Its compass comprehends three octaves. For convenience
of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is
also called a fagot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bassoon
n : a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
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