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sex organ

/sɛks ˌɔrgən/
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Other forms: sex organs

Definitions of sex organ
  1. noun
    any organ involved in sexual reproduction
    synonyms: reproductive organ
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    types:
    female internal reproductive organ
    the reproductive organs of a woman
    male internal reproductive organ
    the reproductive organs of a man
    male reproductive gland
    the reproductive organs of a man
    mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, teat, tit
    the small projection of a mammary gland
    pudendum
    human external genital organs collectively especially of a female
    ovary
    (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone
    Fallopian tube, oviduct, uterine tube
    either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
    uterus, womb
    a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
    type of:
    organ
    a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
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