OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 35141

syrinx

/ˈsɪɹɪŋks/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
siringe
The voice organ in birds, located at or near where the trachea and the bronchi join.
The role of the syrinx in psittacine sound production is still under examination, and probably differs from that of songbirds. […] For species with relatively simple syringes but c…
This tube is named the Windpipe, Trachea, or Aspera-arteria; […] its lower extremity, or the part at which it bifurcates, is the Lower Larynx, or the Syrinx. Besides acting as a pi…
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