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electric organs

Specialized organs that discharge electricity and occur only in fish; see electric fish.



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Their electric organs, which are collections of neurons that fire 600 to 1,000 times a second, create an electric field that changes slightly when it encounters something with conducting properties different from water's.
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The program will include Los Angeles premieres of ``Proverb'' (1995), a composition for voices, electric organs and vibraphones; and ``Nagoya Marimbas'' (1994), a percussion work for marimbas; both of which are on Reich's latest CD, ``City Life'' (Nonesuch).
 
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