contrabass

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

contrabass
    adj 1: pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal
           range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet" [syn:
           {contrabass}, {double-bass}]
    n 1: largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: {bass
         fiddle}, {bass viol}, {bull fiddle}, {double bass},
         {contrabass}, {string bass}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Contrabass \Con`tra*bass"\, n. (Mus.)
   The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family; the
   {double bass}; -- also applied to any instrument of the same
   deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass
   ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.
   [1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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