Syr"inx (?), n.; pl. Syringes (#). [NL., from Gr. a pipe.]

1. Mus.

A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes.

<-- pipes of Pan -->

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.

 

© Webster 1913.