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SYRINX
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Irregular inflected form: syringes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The vocal organ of a bird
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("syrinx" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
Holonyms ("syrinx" is a part of...):
bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("syrinx" is a kind of...):
pipe (a tubular wind instrument)
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