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pan⋅pipe

[pan-pahyp]
–noun
a primitive wind instrument consisting of a series of hollow pipes of graduated length, the tones being produced by blowing across the upper ends.
Also, Pan's pipes, panpipes.


Origin:
1810–20; Pan + pipe 1
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pan·pipe   (pān'pīp')   
n.  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.

[Pan + pipe.]
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