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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello [syn: viola da gamba, gamba, bass viol]
2: largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1590 1. viola da gamba 2. double bass

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bass viol Bass" vi`ol (Mus.) A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello.