syrinx

unregelmäßiger Plural

A noun with two distinct meanings: a primitive wind instrument made of several parallel pipes bound together, and the vocal organ of a bird.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv mit zwei Bedeutungen: ein primitives Blasinstrument aus mehreren parallel verbundenen Röhren sowie das Stimmorgan der Vögel.

1. Musical instrument C1 formal

   A primitive wind instrument made of several parallel pipes of different lengths bound together, also known as panpipes.

   • The musician played a haunting melody on the syrinx.
   • Ancient Greek shepherds often used a syrinx.
   • The syrinx produces a soft, airy sound.

   🇩🇪Musikinstrument

2. Bird vocal organ C1 formal

   The vocal organ of a bird, located at the base of the trachea, which allows them to produce complex sounds and songs.

   • The nightingale's syrinx enables its beautiful song.
   • Birds have a syrinx instead of vocal cords.
   • The structure of the syrinx varies among different bird species.

   🇩🇪Syrinx

• syrinxes plural form
• syrinxes' possessive plural form
• syrinx's possessive singular form