bass viol

English Thesaurus

1. largest and lowest member of the violin family (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	bass,
definition	:	the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	bowed stringed instrument, string,
definition	:	stringed instruments that are played with a bow (noun.artifact)

2. viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	viol,
definition	:	any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family (noun.artifact)