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syrinx::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | pandean pipe, panpipe |
| Type of | pipe |
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | bodily structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, body structure, structure |
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Syrinx was a lovely water-nymph of Arcadia, daughter of Landon, the river-god.
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Tests revealed he had a syrinx, a fluid-filled cavity within the spinal cord.
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In some songbirds, the syrinx can produce more than one sound at a time.
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Lacking a syrinx-the vocal organ of birds-its only vocalizations are grunts or low hisses.
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A syrinx, or fluid-filled cavity, had developed in his spinal cord.
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The syrinx is tiny, measuring roughly one-eighth inch on each side.
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Songbirds and a different group of birds, suboscines, have different designs of their syrinx.
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Syringe is a back-formation from syringes, itself the plural of syrinx, a musical instrument.
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Syrinx aruanus is a species of sea snail with a very large shell.
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- Panpipe: a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
- The vocal organ of a bird
- In classical mythology, Syrinx /u02C8su026Aru026Au014Bks/ (Greek u03A3u03CDu03C1u03B9u03B3u03BE) was a nymph and a follower of Artemis, known for her chastity. Pursued by the amorous Greek god Pan, she ran to a river's edge and asked for assistance from the river nymphs. In answer, she was transformed into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god's frustrated breath blew across them...
- Syrinx was a Canadian electronic music group active from 1970 to 1972. Their song, "Tillicum", received national attention as the theme music for the television series Here Come the Seventies.
- Syrinx is a piece of music for solo flute which Claude Debussy wrote in 1913 (L 129). It is commonly considered to be an indispensable part of any flautist's repertoire. ...
- Syrinx aruanus, common name the Australian trumpet or false trumpet, is a species of extremely large sea snail measuring up to 91 cm long and weighing up to 18 kg. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae, and is the only species in the genus Syrinx.
- The pan flute or pan pipe (also known as panflute or panpipes) is an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the Closed tube, consisting usually of five or more pipes of gradually increasing length (and, at times, girth). ...
- In medicine, a syrinx is a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity within the spinal cord (syringomyelia) or in the brain stem (syringobulbia)
- Syrinx, is a public artwork by Adolph Wolter, located at University Park, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. It is a bronze figure of Syrinx sitting on a limestone tree stump. ...
