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serpent

Summary

serpent is a type of musical instrument[1]. serpent draws 407 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #116 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • serpent's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • serpent is a type of labrosones with fingerholes, with wider conical bore[4].
  • serpent's Commons category is recorded as Serpents[5].
  • serpent's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[6].
  • serpent's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • serpent's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • serpent's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 423.213[9].

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Definition and Type

serpent's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. serpent is a type of labrosones with fingerholes, with wider conical bore[4].

Why It Matters

serpent draws 407 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #116 of 399).[2] serpent has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] serpent is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . MIMO – Musical Instrument Museums Online. Retrieved . mimo-db.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of musical instrument
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → labrosones with fingerholes, with wider conical bore
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533900205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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