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syr·inx \ˈsiriŋks, -rēŋks\ noun (plural sy·rin·ges \sə̇ˈrinˌjēz\ ; or syrinxes) Etymology: in sense 1a, from Greek; in sense 2, from Late Latin, from Greek; in other senses, from New Latin, from Greek — more at syringe 1. a. : panpipe b. : a mouthpiece attached to the aulos 2. : a tunnel-shaped rock-cut passage of ancient Egypt especially when in a burial vault 3. : the vocal organ of birds that is a special modification of the lower part of the trachea or of the bronchi or of both — called also lower larynx 4. : a tube formed from modified deltidial plates and surrounding the pedicle in some extinct brachiopods |