syrinx
pronunciation
How to pronounce syrinx in British English:
UK ['sɪrɪŋks]
How to pronounce syrinx in American English:
US ['sɪrɪŋks]
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- Noun:
- a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
- the vocal organ of a bird
Word Origin
- syrinx (n.)
- tubular instrument, c. 1600, the thing itself known from 14c. in English, from Late Latin syrinx, from Greek syrinx "shepherd's pipe" (see syringe). Used of vocal organs of birds from 1872.
Example
- 1. Nielsen concerto pour clarinette , pan & syrinx .
- 2. Prevents the vice-damage , the tracing syrinx , excises the pathological change to organize thoroughly , processes properly leaks remnantly , in order to avoid recurs .
- 3. Aladdin suite , pan and syrinx etc.