electric organ
noun
: a specialized tract of tissue (as in the electric eel) in which electricity is generated
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Specifically, eels’ electric organs are largely confined to the tail region of the body, physically separated from vital organs like the brain and heart.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
We’re used to thinking of the brain as an electric organ.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Michael Mayer, a biophysicist at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, and his colleagues are working to mimic the electric organs in electric eels and other fish.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
The all-pink, by-appointment-only chapel is decked out with velvet drapes, a vintage photo booth, and an electric organ.
—Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025
The electric organ of a fish is composed of long stacks of cells that look very much like a roll of coins.
—Timothy J. Jorgensen, The Conversation, 9 May 2022
The effect is to short-circuit the electric organ through the threat, with increasing power diverted to the threat as the eel attains greater height during the leap.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2016
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
We’re used to thinking of the brain as an electric organ.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Michael Mayer, a biophysicist at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, and his colleagues are working to mimic the electric organs in electric eels and other fish.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
The all-pink, by-appointment-only chapel is decked out with velvet drapes, a vintage photo booth, and an electric organ.
—Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025
The electric organ of a fish is composed of long stacks of cells that look very much like a roll of coins.
—Timothy J. Jorgensen, The Conversation, 9 May 2022
The effect is to short-circuit the electric organ through the threat, with increasing power diverted to the threat as the eel attains greater height during the leap.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2016
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