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Ancestor Of The Tuba Or Sousaphone

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noun

• the lowest brass wind instrument

39%13 Band members who specialize in playing the sousaphone
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31%12 Shared a common ancestor with humans but is not a direct ancestor
noun

• fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene

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