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panpipe
(pan′pīp′)
noun
a primitive musical instrument made of a row or rows of reeds or tubes of graduated lengths bound together and played by blowing across the open upper ends
also panpipes or Pan's pipes
Origin: Pan + pipe
See panpipe in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A primitive wind instrument consisting of a series of pipes or reeds of graduated length bound together, played by blowing across the top open ends. Often used in the plural. Also called mouth organ, Pandean pipe, syrinx.
Origin:
Origin: Pan
Origin: + pipe
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