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

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electric organ

An electric organ is something like a synthesizer in that you can play everything with keys and foot pedals.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2020

On the recorded version of “Rainbow,” Riley played all the instrumentation himself, using overdubs to build layers of electric organ, harpsichord, tambourine and an Indian goblet drum called a dumbec.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019

One of the show’s most poignant images is a close-up of an electric organ, destroyed and abandoned in a church in New Orleans’s Ninth Ward, the African American neighborhood swamped by Hurricane Katrina.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2019

Disney’s got the real goods; an electric organ was required for Soraya.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2019

A synthesizer, it seemed, or maybe an electric organ.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien