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syrinx


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  syrinx 
  n  1:  a  primitive  wind  instrument  consisting  of  several  parallel 
  pipes  bound  together  [syn:  {panpipe},  {pandean  pipe}] 
  2:  the  vocal  organ  of  a  bird 




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