ˈsiriŋks, -rēŋks noun
( plural sy·rin·ges sə̇ˈrinˌjēz ; or syrinxes )
Etymology: in sense 1a, from Greek; in sense 2, from Late Latin, from Greek; in other senses, from New Latin, from Greek — more at syringe
1.
a. : panpipe
b. : a mouthpiece attached to the aulos
2. : a tunnel-shaped rock-cut passage of ancient Egypt especially when in a burial vault
3. : the vocal organ of birds that is a special modification of the lower part of the trachea or of the bronchi or of both — called also lower larynx
4. : a tube formed from modified deltidial plates and surrounding the pedicle in some extinct brachiopods