electric organ
(in certain fishes) an organ composed of electroplaques.
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She makes her electric organ heave and slash like a knife, before diving into orchestral strings so lush and garish that it feels being in a hallucination staged at Disneyland.
Alice Coltrane is finally heralded as a jazz great. A new reissue doesn’t do her justice. | Andy Beta | July 9, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s a return to the familiar Wallflowers sound — dive-bar guitar, piano, electric organ — though not a familiar lineup.
Jakob Dylan has always been part cowboy-troubadour, part rabbi | Tim Greiving | July 9, 2021 | Washington PostMusic that sounded like it was made by a loud electric organ mixed with the sound of flames.
The House of Shock Is Terrifying Its Guests and Causing Controversy—and the Zombies Who Run the Show Are Loving It | Tyler Gillespie | October 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHere the electric organ consists of a large mass on each side of the front part of the body.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Variouselectric organ of skate seems to have touched up Government; confusion at Carlton to-day.
The electric organ has been carefully described by these observers.
The Ocean World: | Louis FiguierAbout four-fifths of the length of the fish is occupied by the tail, which contains the electric organ.
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life | Ernest IngersollThe electric organ is composed of prismatic columns each built up of a row of compartments.
British Dictionary definitions for electric organ
music
a pipe organ operated by electrical means
another name for electronic organ
zoology a small group of modified muscle cells on the body of certain fishes, such as the electric eel, that gives an electric shock to any animal touching them
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