sopranino

sopranino
/soh'preuh nee"noh/, n., pl. sopraninos.
a musical instrument, as a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano instrument of its class.
[1900-05; < It, equiv. to sopran(o) SOPRANO + -ino dim. suffix]

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