syrinx

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
    

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}.
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   2. (Anat.) The lower larynx in birds.
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   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.
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