electric organ

American  

noun

1. (in certain fishes) an organ composed of electroplaques.

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electric organ British  

noun

1. music

   1. a pipe organ operated by electrical means

   2. 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

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Etymology

Origin of electric organ

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Bass notes on the electric organ made the ground under our feet seem to vibrate.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023

The movie shows a fish tank, an electric organ, a white Fender guitar stuck in the shag carpet, and two televisions embedded in the ceiling.

From New York Times • May 21, 2022

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.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021

So without any score-reading education, I naturally got that orchestration sense by playing electric organ since I was 5 years old.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2020

They were able to talk to Billy by means of a computer and a sort of electric organ which made every Earthling speech sound.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut