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The console of a pipe organ (musical instrument).
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From Latin organum < Ancient Greek ὄργανον (organon), an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ) < *ἔργειν (ergein), to work).

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organ

Plural
organs

organ (plural organs)

  1. A largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
  2. (music) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed.
  3. An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
  4. A species of cactus (Stenocereus thurberi)

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[edit] Croatian

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òrgān m.

  1. organ (part of an organism)

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organ n.

  1. organ
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