ocarina

noun

1. a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.

noun

1. an egg-shaped wind instrument with a protruding mouthpiece and six to eight finger holes, producing an almost pure toneAlso called (US informal): sweet potato

n.1877, from Italian ocarina, diminutive of oca “goose” (so called for its shape), from Vulgar Latin *auca, from Latin avicula “small bird,” diminutive of avis “bird” (see aviary).