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Word: petroeuphonium (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stickler for scholarship, Professor Troxell realized he couldn't call his rocky instrument a xylophone (xylon is Greek for wood). After considering "lithophone" and "petroeuphonium," he decided to call it simply a petrophone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Petrophonist Troxell | 8/25/1941 | See Source »

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