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Meanings of pandean pipe in English

Catalan
flauta de pan

A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.

flauta de pan
Synonyms
Examples for "syrinx"
Examples for "syrinx"
1
I heard music ahead: syrinx, oud, and drum, a peculiarly Porphyrian combination.
Seraphina
2
On the other hand we have the syrinx or Pan's-pipes.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building / Being an Account of Mo...
3
For a lyre outshone by my syrinx hast thou sold all thine empire to me.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida / Selected from the Works of Ou...
4
After radiotherapy, the syrinx was no longer seen.
Pubmed
5
His lack of personal charm was the origin of the invention of Pan's pipes or syrinx.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1
1
In his free hand he held a wooden panpipe.
Pandemonium
2
Would ye be likin' to see me wi' me goatskin breeches and me panpipe? He chuckled.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
3
The faint breeze sounded like a panpipe.
Amberville
4
He is not walking abroad to his panpipe's doleful song, like a shepherd wandering with his flocks.
Philoktetes
5
The panpipe might by this time be concealed under his pillow, in the sheet, or even under the mattress, but Mr Million would find it.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Usage of pandean pipe in English
1
To his lips he held a pandean pipe, from which the extraordinary sounds appeared to proceed.
The Home; Or, Life in Sweden
2
These were what are called the Syrinx or Pandean pipes.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
3
Ahead of him he saw nothing but dancing sunshine, heard nothing but the Pandean pipes.
The Auction Block
4
Another conceit in the form of a Sphinx or Pandean pipe has been attributed to Theocritus-perhapswithout good foundation.
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 / With an Introduction upon An...
5
SYRINX, nymph, pursued by Pan, but escaping by being changed to a bunch of reeds (See Pandean pipes)
The Age of Fable
Translations for pandean pipe