/sir"ingks/ , n. , pl. syringes /seuh rin"jeez/ , syrinxes .
1. Ornith. the vocal organ of birds, situated at or near the bifurcation of the trachea into the bronchi.
2. ( cap. ) Class. Myth. a mountain nymph of Arcadia who was transformed, in order to protect her chastity from Pan, into the reed from which Pan then made the panpipe.
3. a panpipe.
4. a narrow corridor in an ancient Egyptian tomb.
[ 1600-10; ( syrinx pipe, pipelike object ]