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Syrinx

noun
(pl. syringes)
1.
A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.  Synonyms: pandean pipe, panpipe.
2.
The vocal organ of a bird.





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"Syrinx" Quotes from Famous Books



... god of everything connected with pastoral life: see Arc. 106, "Though Syrinx your ...
— Milton's Comus • John Milton
... but the four arms of the cross, nevertheless, severally and accurately point to the cardinal quarters. The same regularity is observable on a much smaller but not less curious monument, which was discovered some time since in an ancient Peruvian huaca or catacomb—namely, a syrinx or pandean pipe, cut out of a solid mass of lapis ollaris, the sides of which are profusely ornamented, not only with Maltese crosses, but also with other symbols very similar in style to those inscribed on the obelisks of Egypt and on the monoliths of this ...
— The Antediluvian World • Ignatius Donnelly


Words linked to "Syrinx" :   pandean pipe, complex body part, structure, pipe, body structure, anatomical structure, bodily structure, bird


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