syrinx
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)syringes
- a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound togetherSynonyms: panpipepandean pipeType of pipe
- the vocal organ of a birdType of structure, anatomical structurePart of bird
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Syr′inx noun; pl. Syringes (#).
Origin: NL., from Gr. … a pipe.
1. Music A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; — called also pandean pipes.
2. Anatomy The lower larynx in birds.
☞ 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54