1. a small wind instrument with finger holes, typically egg-shaped or elongated, that produces a sweet flute-like sound

Examples

• She learned to play simple melodies on her ceramic ocarina.
• The ocarina’s haunting sound echoed through the forest.
• He bought a beautiful blue ocarina at the music store.
• The street musician played folk songs on his wooden ocarina.
• Children in the music class practiced breathing techniques with plastic ocarinas.
• The ocarina originated in ancient cultures thousands of years ago.