a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function; The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department'

(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ

[ Syn: electric organ , electronic organ , hammond organ ]

a periodical that is published by a special interest group; the organ of the communist party'

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

[ Syn: pipe organ , pipe organ ]

a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

[ Syn: harmonium , reed organ ]