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Definition of Syrinx
1. Noun. A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.
2. Noun. The vocal organ of a bird.
Generic synonyms: Anatomical Structure, Bodily Structure, Body Structure, Complex Body Part, Structure
Definition of Syrinx
1. n. A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes.
Definition of Syrinx
1. Noun. A set of pan-pipes. ¹
2. Noun. A narrow channel cut in rock, especially in ancient Egyptian tombs. ¹
3. Noun. (zoology) The voice organ in birds. ¹
4. Noun. (medicine) A rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity within the spinal cord or in the brain stem ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Syrinx
1. the vocal organ of a bird [n -INGES or -INXES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syrinx
Literary usage of Syrinx
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1893)
"382) should be right in thinking that a joint at the lower end of the instrument,
which could be detached, was called the syrinx, and his explanation, ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"THE TRANSFORMATION OF syrinx INTO REEDS. THEN Hermes thus; " A nymph of late
there w»s, Whose heavenly form her fellows dd surpass. ..."
3. Elizabethan Songs "in Honour of Love and Beautie." by Andrew Lang (1891)
"syrinx. DAN'S syrinx was a girl indeed, Though now she 's turned into a reed ;
From that dear reed Pan's pipe does come, A pipe that strikes ..."
4. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1893)
"382) should be right in thinking that a joint at the lower end of the instrument,
which could be detached, was called the syrinx, and his explanation, ..."
5. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"THE TRANSFORMATION OF syrinx INTO REEDS. THEN Hermes thus; " A nymph of late
there w»s, Whose heavenly form her fellows dd surpass. ..."
6. Elizabethan Songs "in Honour of Love and Beautie." by Andrew Lang (1891)
"syrinx. DAN'S syrinx was a girl indeed, Though now she 's turned into a reed ;
From that dear reed Pan's pipe does come, A pipe that strikes ..."
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