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Pandean pipes
(gcide) | Pandean pipes \Pan*de"an pipes\, n. pl.,
A primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short
hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical
scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth
organ; -- said to have been invented by the god Pan. Called
also pipes of Pan, Pan's pipes and Panpipes.
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pandean pipes
(gcide) | Syrinx \Syr"inx\, n.; pl. Syringes. [NL., from Gr. ? a pipe.]
1. (Mus.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; --
called also pandean pipes.
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2. (Anat.) The lower larynx in birds.
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Note: 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.
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Pandean pipes
(gcide) | Pandean pipes \Pan*de"an pipes\, n. pl.,
A primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short
hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical
scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth
organ; -- said to have been invented by the god Pan. Called
also pipes of Pan, Pan's pipes and Panpipes.
[1913 Webster]Syrinx \Syr"inx\, n.; pl. Syringes. [NL., from Gr. ? a pipe.]
1. (Mus.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; --
called also pandean pipes.
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2. (Anat.) The lower larynx in birds.
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Note: 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.
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