panpipes

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Definition of panpipes in English English dictionary

An instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top. The instrument is played by blowing across the open end at the top

a simple musical instrument made of short wooden pipes of different lengths, that you play by blowing across their open ends (Pan ( PANIC), who is said to have invented it + pipes)

Hyphenation

pan·pipes

Etymology

() From Pan (Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man) + pipes.