syrinx Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
    pandean pipe; panpipe.
  2. noun the vocal organ of a bird

WordNet

Syr"inx noun
Etymology
NL., from Gr. a pipe.
Wordforms
plural Syringes
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes. pipes of Pan
  2. (Anat.) 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 1913