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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together [syn: panpipe, pandean pipe, syrinx]
2: the vocal organ of a bird

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural syringes or syrinxes) Date: 1606 1. [Late Latin, from Greek] panpipe 2. [New Latin, from Greek] the vocal organ of birds that is a special modification of the lower part of the trachea or of the bronchi or of both

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. syrinxes or syringes) 1 a set of pan-pipes. 2 Archaeol. a narrow gallery cut in rock in an ancient Egyptian tomb. 3 the lower larynx or song-organ of birds. Derivatives: syringeal adj. Etymology: L syrinx -ngis f. Gk surigx suriggos pipe, channel

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Syrinx Syr"inx, n.; pl. Syringes. [NL., from Gr. ? a pipe.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Pandean pipes, shepherd's pipes, Pan.