organ
1. [ noun ] (zoology) a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
Related terms: body_part tongue wing gland vital_organ foot sense_organ speech_organ primordium contractile_organ sucker effector ctene ovipositor target_organ lens internal_organ organelle external_organ end_organ reproductive_organ erectile_organ stinger taret_organ lobe
2. [ noun ] (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
Synonyms: electronic_organ Hammond_organ electric_organ
Related terms: electronic_instrument music
3. [ noun ] (government) a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
Examples:

"The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"

Related terms: agency
4. [ noun ] (writing) a periodical that is published by a special interest group
Examples:

"the organ of the communist party"

Related terms: periodical house_organ
5. [ noun ] (music) wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
Synonyms: pipe_organ
Related terms: wind_instrument keyboard piano_keyboard stop pedal organ_pipe
6. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12167
7. [ noun ] (music) a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
Synonyms: reed_organ harmonium
Related terms: free-reed_instrument
Similar spelling:   organs
  oregano
  organza
  organon
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  organize
  origanum
  organist
  organism
  organise
  organdie
  origin
  origen
  Oregon
  orogeny
  orasone
  original
  Orsini
  orison
  Orcinus
  origami
  oragami