What is another word for syrinx?

Pronunciation: [sˈɪɹɪŋks] (IPA)

Syrinx is a term used to describe a musical instrument made of reeds or pipes. However, there are several synonyms for syrinx that describe similar musical instruments used in different cultures throughout history. In ancient Greece, the word "aulos" was used to describe a double reed instrument similar to the syrinx. In India, the "bansuri" is a flute made out of bamboo that is similar to the syrinx. The "shakuhachi" is a Japanese bamboo flute that is also similar to the syrinx in design. Other synonyms include "pan pipes" or "pan flute," which are similar to the syrinx in their use of multiple pipes or reeds.

What are the hypernyms for Syrinx?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Syrinx?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the holonyms for Syrinx?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.
  • holonyms for syrinx (as nouns)

Usage examples for Syrinx

From those simple pieces of reed, cut off just below the knot, which formed the pipes of the syrinx, to the complicated, elaborate and perfect machinery which is hidden beneath the organ case there, is the same degree of difference, as there is between the rough-hewn canoe of the savage, and the wonderful perfection of the liners, which run their weekly race across the broad Atlantic.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
A few days before, I had made a careful study of the syrinx of this bird, whom we may call rather euphoniously Trogonurus curucui, and had been struck by the simplicity both of muscles and bones.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
This is the story of syrinx, the reed, as Ovid has told it to us.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang

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