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Syrinx

noun

(pl. syringes)

A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together. Synonyms: pandean pipe, panpipe.

The vocal organ of a bird.

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"Syrinx" Quotes from Famous Books

... thou lov'st to hear sweet melodie, Or pipe a round upon an oaten reede, Or make thyselfe glad with some myrthfull glee, Or play them musicke whilst thy flocke doth feede. To Pans owne pype Ile helpe my lovely lad, Pans golden pype, which he of Syrinx had. ...

— The Affectionate Shepherd • Richard Barnfield

... thick woods, have I run, Whose depths have never kiss'd the sun; Since the lusty Spring began, All to please my master, Pan, Have I trotted without rest To get him fruit; for at a feast He entertains, this coming night, His paramour, the Syrinx bright. ...

— Jesse Cliffe • Mary Russell Mitford

... Elisa," is the Queen of shepherds all; her great father is Pan, the shepherds' god, and Anne Boleyn is Syrinx. It is not unnatural that when the clergy are spoken of, as they are in three of the poems, the figure should be kept up. But it is curious to find that the shepherd's god, the great Pan, who stands in one connexion for Henry VIII., should ...

— Spenser - (English Men of Letters Series) • R. W. Church