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gamba

  • noun

A rank of organ pipes, so called for a supposed resemblance of the sound to that of a viola da gamba.

Other meanings

  1. The metacarpus or metatarsus of ruminants, etc.

Word history

From Italian "gamba" (leg).

Where this comes from

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