panpipe

pan·pipe

panpipe

[alsoP-] 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 pan′pipes or Pan's pipes

Origin of panpipe

Pan + pipe

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panpipe

noun

often panpipes

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. Also called mouth organ . Also called Pandean pipe . Also called syrinx .

Origin of panpipe

Pan pipe

panpipe

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