electric organ
noun
1.
(in certain fishes) an organ composed of electroplaques.
Origin
1865-70
Examples from the web for
electric organ
The nervous system does this through a command nucleus that decides when the
electric organ
will fire.
The
electric organ
is used to stun prey which is then consumed with the aid of it's highly protrusible mouth.
British Dictionary definitions for
electric organ
electric organ
noun
1.
(
music
)
a pipe organ operated by electrical means
another name for
electronic organ
2.
(
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