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- German · borrowed fromKnollenorgan
- English todayKnollenorgan
Borrowed from German Knollenorgan (literally “tuber organ”), from Knolle + -n- + Organ, because they resemble tubers.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
knollenorgan
Today it means: A tuberous electroreceptor organ found in the skin of weakly electric fish of the family Mormyridae from Africa, which is specialized for electrical communication. Full definition →
German Knollenorgan