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Noun organ has 6 senses

organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
--₁ is a kind of meat; body part; meat; body part
--₁ has part: lobe
--₁ has particulars:

giblet, giblets; offal; heart; liver; sweetbread, sweetbreads; brain; stomach sweetbread; neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread; tongue; tripe; chitterlings, chitlins, chitlings; haslet; 2 of 6 senses of organ ; organ; ovipositor; ctene; wing; foot, invertebrate foot; sucker; stinger; contractile organ, contractor; primordium, anlage; vital organ, vitals; effector; external organ; internal organ, viscus; sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor; tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper; speech organ, vocal organ; lens, crystalline lens; gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter; organelle, cell organ; end organ; reproductive organ, sex organ; target organ; taret organ; erectile organ; variety meat, organs; giblet, giblets; offal; heart; liver; sweetbread, sweetbreads; brain; stomach sweetbread; neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread; tongue; tripe; chitterlings, chitlins, chitlings; haslet; 2 of 6 senses of organ ; organ; ovipositor; ctene; wing; foot, invertebrate foot; sucker; stinger; contractile organ, contractor; primordium, anlage; vital organ, vitals; effector; external organ; internal organ, viscus; sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor; tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper; speech organ, vocal organ; lens, crystalline lens; gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter; organelle, cell organ; end organ; reproductive organ, sex organ; target organ; taret organ; erectile organ

organ - a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"
--₂ is a kind of agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority; agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ, organ - (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
--₃ is a kind of electronic instrument; electronic instrument
organ - a periodical that is published by a special interest group; "the organ of the communist party"
--₄ is a kind of periodical; periodical
--₄ has particulars: house organ; organ; house organ
organ, pipe organ - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
--₅ is a kind of wind instrument, wind; wind instrument, wind
--₅ has parts:
keyboard; organ pipe, pipe, pipework; pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever; piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier; stop
harmonium, organ, reed organ - a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
--₆ is a kind of free-reed instrument; free-reed instrument