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syrinx
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun syrinx has 2 senses
- syrinx(n = noun.artifact) pandean pipe, panpipe - a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together; Array is a kind of pipe
- syrinx(n = noun.animal) Array - the vocal organ of a bird; Array is a part of bird
is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
CIDE DICTIONARY
syrinx, n. [NL., from Gr. a pipe.].
- A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also
pandean pipes . [1913 Webster] - The lower larynx in birds. [1913 Webster]" In birds there are two laringes, an upper or true, but voiceless, larynx in the usual position behind the tongue, and a lower one, at or near the junction of the trachea and bronchi, which is the true organ of the voice." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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.
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.
Derivative
syringeal adj.
Etymology
L syrinx -ngis f. Gk surigx suriggos pipe, channel
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