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syrinx

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together [syn: panpipe , pandean pipe ] the vocal organ of a bird [also: syringes (pl)]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A syrinx is a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity within the spinal cord ( syringomyelia ), in the brain stem ( syringobulbia ), or in the nerves of the elbow, usually in a young age.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Syrinx \Syr"inx\, n.; pl. Syringes . [NL., from Gr. ? a pipe.] (Mus.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes . (Anat.) The lower larynx in birds. Note: In birds there are two laringes, an upper or true, but voiceless, ...

Usage examples of syrinx.

Syrinx watched in utter fascination as the two passed within fifty metres of the boat, rocking it alarmingly in their pounding wake.

Syrinx music: the harmony is made up from tones of various grades, all the tones differing, but the resultant of all forming one sound.

Syrinx settled back in her deeply cushioned seat in the cabin along with Ruben, Tula, and the newest member of the crew, Senna, a crew toroid generalist who had replaced Chi.

Roux and Chamberland fished froth out of the mouth of this mad beast and sucked it up into syringes and injected this stuff into rabbits and guinea-pigs.

Dal began filling syringes while Tiger and Jack started inoculating the two groups.

Syrinx and her siblings suited up and walked out onto the innermost ledge of the northern endcap, progressing with long lopes in the quarter gravity.

Syrinx overheard a furious affinity conversation with the juvenile offenders.

Syrinx found herself feeling slightly envious of his simplistic life of fishing and sailing, realizing that was the instinctive attraction she had felt at their first meeting.

To the left a slope grown over with bitterbush and syrinx descended to the pond of black slime.

In Terran birds the songs and calls are produced in the syrinx, an organ posterior to the larynx, at the junction of the bronchi and the trachea.

The shrilling of the syrinx and the insistent thudding of the tympanon seem louder now.

Have we not seen, or by relation heard, In courts and regal chambers how thou lurk'st, In wood or grove, by mossy fountain-side, In valley or green meadow, to waylay Some beauty rare, Calisto, Clymene, Daphne, or Semele, Antiopa, Or Amymone, Syrinx, many more Too long--then lay'st thy scapes on names adored, Apollo, Neptune, Jupiter, or Pan, 190 Satyr, or Faun, or Silvan?

The affinity contact broadened, allowing Syrinx to proffer her identity trait.

Only Athene didn’t make the mistake of objecting, she knew Syrinx far too well for that.

Given their position, there would be no overspill falling on the populated inner system, Syrinx realized, no chance of being detected even in a few hours when the radio waves finally bridged the gulf.