syrinx
A set of panpipesA set of panpipes.
» The truly remarkable feature of sound production by birds is that the two sides of the syrinx can act independently.
По-настоящему удивительной особенностью воспроизведения звука птицами является то, что две стороны сиринкса могут работать раздельно.
Meaning
4 sensesA set of panpipes.
(broadly)Chiefly in the plural: a narrow channel cut in rock, especially in Ancient Egyptian burial chambers.
(broadly)Any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body, especially a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity in the brain stem or within the spinal cord.
(broadly)The voice organ in birds, located at or near where the trachea and the bronchi join.
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си́ринксsírinks
си́ринксsýrynks
- the vocal organ of a bird
- a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
Examples
1 sentencesThe truly remarkable feature of sound production by birds is that the two sides of the syrinx can act independently.
ruПо-настоящему удивительной особенностью воспроизведения звука птицами является то, что две стороны сиринкса могут работать раздельно.
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin sȳrinx (“reed; reed pipe, panpipes”), from Ancient Greek σῦριLearned borrowing from Latin sȳrinx (“reed; reed pipe, panpipes”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “panpipes; pipe-shaped object”), from Pre-Greek. Doublet of syringe.
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Forms
plural: syrinxes / syringesSynonyms
3 synonyms- a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together:panpipepandean pipe