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panpipe

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English

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panpipe

Etymology

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    From Pan (Greek god of nature) + pipe.

    Noun

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    panpipe (plural panpipes)

    1. A set of panpipes.
      • 1988 May 27, Neil Tesser, “Albert Mangelsdorff”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
        No matter that the trombone would seem to be an instrument particularly ill-suited to the purpose; in Mangelsdorff's hands, it might as well be anything from a panpipe to a cello.