organ

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  1. noun Music An instrument consisting of a number of pipes that sound tones when supplied with air and a keyboard that operates a mechanism controlling the flow of air to the pipes. Also called pipe organ.
  2. noun Music Any one of various other instruments, such as the electronic organ, that resemble a pipe organ either in mechanism or sound.
  3. noun Biology A differentiated part of an organism, such as an eye, wing, or leaf, that performs a specific function.
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  • As the cleft became wider the organ was allowed more skin contact, and the foreskin started to be pulled back and forth But Jimmy wanted to play too. —  XXXX
  • Oh, and might I mention that the organ is also acting oddly??? —  Autism Hub
  • The first change that happens in the organ is the presences of abnormal cells. —  We Blog A Lot
  • I argued with him that the organ was my property, that they were committing an act of theft by keeping it from me. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • The song that Dracula always plays on the organ is the beginning of Bach's Toccata & —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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  1. Middle English, from Old French organe and from Old English organe, both from Latin organum, tool, instrument, from Greek organon; see werg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Cf. Anglo-Saxon organian, orgnian, sing to the accompaniment of a musical instrument; from organ, n.
  2. A contracted form of origan. Cf. organy.
 

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