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n. - The vocal organ of a bird; A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.

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  • The tingling was the result of a growing fluid-filled bubble in his spine called a syrinx, also caused by the constriction.
  • Tina-Lynn Labutte-Seage, 4, suffers from a syrinx, which is a cyst or cavity that forms within the spinal cord and can result in paralysis.
  • On the other hand we have the syrinx or Pan's-pipes.
  • I wondered if she had a human larynx, an avian syrinx, or both.
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