noun
- A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
- synonyms: organ
- A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function.
- usage: "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"
- synonyms: organ
- Music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ.
- synonyms: electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ, organ
- A periodical that is published by a special interest group.
- usage: "the organ of the communist party"
- synonyms: organ
- 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: organ, pipe organ
- A free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows.
- synonyms: harmonium, organ, reed organ
- Edible viscera of a butchered animal.
- synonyms: variety meat
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