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Panpipes — Pandean pipes Pan*de an pipes, n. pl., A primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; said to have been… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
panpipes — pan|pipes [ˈpænpaıps] n [plural] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Pan ( PANIC1), who is said to have invented it + pipes] a simple musical instrument made of short wooden pipes of different lengths, that you play by blowing across their open ends … Dictionary of contemporary English
panpipes — n. reed pipe, type of wind instrument made from wooden pipes of different lengths … English contemporary dictionary
panpipes — noun (plural) a simple musical instrument made of several short wooden pipes of different lengths, that are played by blowing across their open ends … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
panpipes — … Useful english dictionary
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