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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together;
[syn: panpipe, pandean pipe, syrinx]

2. the vocal organ of a bird;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

syrinx n 1: a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together [syn: panpipe, pandean pipe, syrinx] 2: the vocal organ of a bird