Oboe n. : One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.

Example:
What is the difference between an Oboe and an English Horn?

Taxonomy
oboe, reeds, instrument, oboists, Concerto, Oboe Concerto, USA, Baroque oboe, Oboe reeds, harp, song, Germany, Paris, France, Hautbois strawberry, bore, recordings, oboe d'amore, English horn.

Defination from the web:
oboè, a transliteration in that language's orthography of the 17th-century pronunciation of the French word hautbois, a ... In comparison to other modern woodwind instruments, the oboe has a clear and penetrating voice. ...