syr·inx (sîr  ngks)n. pl. sy·rin·ges (s  -rnj z, -rnggz) or syr·inx·es 1. Music See panpipe. 2. Zoology The vocal organ of a bird, consisting of thin vibrating muscles at or close to the division of the trachea into the bronchi. [Latin s  rinx, from Greek s rinx.]sy·rin ge·al (s-rnj-l) adj. |
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| Noun | 1. |  syrinx - a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound togetherpipe - a tubular wind instrument |
| 2. | syrinx - the vocal organ of a bird bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" |
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