'Syrinx' definitions:
Definition of 'syrinx'
From: WordNet
noun
A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together [syn: panpipe, pandean pipe, syrinx]
noun
The vocal organ of a bird
Definition of 'Syrinx'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) The lower larynx in birds. [1913 Webster]
- Note: 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]