The truly remarkable feature of sound production by birds is that the two sides of the syrinx can act independently.
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Syrinx
//ˈsɪɹɪŋks//
Synonyms for "syrinx" (34 found)
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36 translations across 30 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sirinks noun (voice organ in birds)
Arabic
1 entries- مصفار noun (voice organ in birds)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фистула noun (any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body)
Catalan
1 entries- siringe noun (voice organ in birds)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鳴管 /鸣管 noun (voice organ in birds)
Czech
1 entries- syrinx noun (voice organ in birds)
Danish
1 entries- syrinx noun (voice organ in birds)
Dutch
2 entries- syrinx noun (any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body)
- syrinx noun (voice organ in birds)
Esperanto
1 entries- sirinkso noun (voice organ in birds)
Finnish
4 entries- ontelo noun (any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body)
- syrinx noun (voice organ in birds)
- ura noun (narrow channel cut in rock, especially in Ancient Egyptian burial chambers)
- äänielin noun (voice organ in birds)
French
2 entries- syrinx noun (any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body)
- syrinx noun (voice organ in birds)
Galician
1 entries- sirinxe noun (voice organ in birds)
German
1 entries- Stimmkopf noun (voice organ in birds)
Greek
1 entries- συρίγγιο noun (any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body)
Hungarian
1 entries- alsó gégefő noun (voice organ in birds)
Irish
1 entries- siring noun (voice organ in birds)
Italian
1 entries- siringe noun (voice organ in birds)
Japanese
1 entries- 鳴管 noun (voice organ in birds)
Korean
1 entries- 명관 noun (voice organ in birds)
Latin
1 entries- Sȳrinx name (Translations)
Middle French
1 entries- Syringe name (Translations)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- syrinx noun (voice organ in birds)
Persian
1 entries- سوتک noun (voice organ in birds)
Portuguese
1 entries- siringe noun (voice organ in birds)
Romanian
2 entries- siringe noun (voice organ in birds)
- sirinx noun (voice organ in birds)
Russian
1 entries- си́ринкс noun (voice organ in birds)
Spanish
1 entries- siringe noun (voice organ in birds)
Swedish
1 entries- syrinx noun (voice organ in birds)
Ukrainian
1 entries- си́ринкс noun (voice organ in birds)
Vietnamese
1 entries- minh quản noun (voice organ in birds)
Sample sentences
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[T]he Syrinx might give occaſion to the bagpipe, by leading the vvay to its invention; for it vvas certainly very natural, both for eaſe in playing, and for the ſaving of breath, and even for the health and ſafety of the performer's lungs, to contrive a method of conveying vvind to the ſeveral pipes by means of bellovvs.
Source: wiktionary
Pipes will I fashion of the syrinx flag, / That thou mayst always know whither I roam, / When it shall please thee in our quiet home / To listen and think of love.
Source: wiktionary
In Dr. Sven Hedin's collection there is a fragment of a neck of a jar, which shows a whole circle of Gandharvas performing on drums, harps, syrinxes, etc. Noteworthy is the existence of the syrinx on artware of Eastern Turkestan. That instrument has never, so far as I am aware, been observed in Indian art.
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