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Webster 1913 Edition
Syrinx
Syr′inx
,Noun.
pl.
Syringes
(#)
. [NL., from Gr. [GREEK] a pipe.]
1.
(Mus.)
A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; – called also
pandean pipes
. 2.
(Anat.)
The lower larynx in birds.
☞ In birds there are two laringes, an upper or true, but voiceless, larynx in the usual position behind the tongue, and a lower one, at or near the junction of the trachea and bronchi, which is the true organ of the voice.