any musical instrument in which sound is produced by air vibrations
aerophone in American English
(ˈɛərəˌfoun)
noun
any musical wind instrument
Word origin
[1875–80; aero- + -phone]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, knockabout, musical chairs, neoclassic, slime moldaero- is a combining form meaning “air,” used in formation of compound words. Other wordsthat use the affix aero- include: aerobatics, aeroculture, aeroembolism, aerogram, aerospace; -phone is a combining form meaning “speech sound” (homophone), “an instrument of sound transmission or reproduction” (telephone), “a musical instrument” (saxophone; xylophone)