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syrinx

The origin and history of syrinx.

Etymology

The word is a learned borrowing from Latin sȳrinx, meaning a reed or reed pipe, which itself came from the Ancient Greek word for panpipes. It is a doublet of syringe, meaning the two words share the same distant root.

Origin: Latin

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