daxophone

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noun

An electric wooden experimental musical instrument, a kind of friction idiophone.

OriginGerman Dachs →
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Meanings

noundaxophone (plural daxophones)

plural daxophones

  1. entertainmentAn electric wooden experimental musical instrument, a kind of friction idiophone.

Origin

  1. GermanDachs“badger”
  2. Englishdaxophone

From German Dachs (“badger”) (since it can generate animal sounds) and saxophone.

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APA

daxophone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daxophone

MLA

“daxophone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daxophone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daxophone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daxophone.

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