syrinx (redirected from syrinx membrane)

syr·inx  (sîrngks)

n. pl. sy·rin·ges (s-rnjz, -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.

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[Latin srinx, from Greek srinx.]

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sy·ringe·al (s-rnj-l) adj.

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syrinx [ˈsɪrɪŋks]

n pl syringes [sɪˈrɪndʒiːz], syrinxes

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the vocal organ of a bird, which is situated in the lower part of the trachea

2. (Music / Instruments) (in classical Greek music) a panpipe or set of panpipes

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy another name for the Eustachian tube

[via Latin from Greek surinx pipe]

syringeal  [sɪˈrɪndʒɪəl] adj

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Syrinx [ˈsɪrɪŋks]

n

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a nymph who was changed into a reed to save her from the amorous pursuit of Pan. From this reed Pan then fashioned his musical pipes

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	syrinx - a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together pandean pipe, panpipe pipe - 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"