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.