Usually means: Voice-producing organ in birds.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word syrinx:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. syrinx: Merriam-Webster
  2. syrinx: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. syrinx: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. syrinx: Collins English Dictionary
  5. syrinx: Vocabulary.com
  6. Syrinx, syrinx: Wordnik
  7. syrinx: Wiktionary
  8. syrinx: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. syrinx: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. syrinx: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. syrinx: Dictionary.com
  12. syrinx: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Syrinx (Debussy), Syrinx (Wolter), Syrinx (band), Syrinx (biology), Syrinx (bird anatomy), Syrinx (disambiguation), Syrinx (instrument), Syrinx (medicine), Syrinx: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Syrinx: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. syrinx: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. syrinx: Rhymezone
  17. Syrinx: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. syrinx: FreeDictionary.org
  19. syrinx: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. syrinx: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. syrinx: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. syrinx: Global Glossary
  2. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)
  3. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. -syrinx: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. syrinx: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. syrinx: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Syrinx: Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. syrinx: Medical dictionary
  6. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. syrinx: The Folk File

(Note: See syringes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (syrinx)

noun:  (music) A set of panpipes.
noun:  (by extension)
noun:  (archaeology, Egyptology) Chiefly in the plural: a narrow channel cut in rock, especially in Ancient Egyptian burial chambers.
noun:  (neurology, pathology) Any of several abnormal tube-shaped structures in the body, especially a rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity in the brain stem or within the spinal cord.
noun:  (ornithology, zootomy) The voice organ in birds, located at or near where the trachea and the bronchi join.

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