syrinx
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
syrinx
1606, the instrument itself known from 14c. in English, from L.L. syrinx,
from Gk. syrinx "shepherd's pipe." Used of vocal organs of birds from
1872.
syrinx noun (pluralsyringesorsyrinxes)
Date: 1606 1. [Late Latin, from Greek] panpipe2.
[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
syrinx 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
syrinx
ˈsɪrɪŋks 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. øøsyringeal adj. [L syrinx -ngis
f. Gk surigx suriggos pipe, channel]
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