melodeon

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: me=lo=de=on

CIDE DICTIONARY

melodeon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. musical. See Melody, and cf. Odeon.].

•  A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of the seraphine.  [1913 Webster]
•  A music hall.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

melodeon, n. (also melodion)
1 a small organ popular in the 19th c., similar to the harmonium.
2 a small German accordion, played esp. by folk musicians.

Etymology

MELODY + HARMONIUM with Graecized ending

THESAURUS

melodeon

Hammond organ, baroque organ, calliope, calliophone, choralcelo, electric organ, electro-pneumatic organ, harmonium, hydraulic organ, melodica, orchestrelle, organ, organophone, pipe organ, reed organ, seraphine, steam organ, symphonion, tracker-action organ, tubular-pneumatic organ, vocalion