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SYRINX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: syringes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The vocal organ of a bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("syrinx" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Holonyms ("syrinx" is a part of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together

Synonyms:

pandean pipe; panpipe; syrinx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("syrinx" is a kind of...):

pipe (a tubular wind instrument)

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