sex organ

English

The sex organs of green alga Chara are the male antheridia (red) and female archegonia (brown).

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Noun

sex organ (plural sex organs)

1. (anatomy) An organ used in sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation.

Translations

organ used in sexual reproduction — see also genitalia

• Arabic: عُضْو جِنْسِيّ m (ʕuḍw jinsiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生殖器 (zh) (shēngzhíqì), 性器官 (zh) (xìngqìguān)

• Danish: kønsorgan (da) n
• Dutch: geslachtsorgaan (nl) n
• Esperanto: seksorgano
• Finnish: sukupuolielin (fi)
• French: organe sexuel (fr) m
• German: Geschlechtsorgan (de) n
• Greek: αναπαραγωγικό όργανο n (anaparagogikó órgano)
• Italian: organo sessuale m, organo di riproduzione m
• Japanese: 性器 (ja) (せいき, seiki), 生殖器 (ja) (せいしょくき, seishokuki)
• Maori: hema, hema uha (female), hema uwha (female), hema toa (male)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjønnsorgan (no) n

  Nynorsk: kjønnsorgan n

• Polish: narząd płciowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: órgão sexual m
• Romanian: organ sexual n
• Russian: полово́й о́рган (ru) m (polovój órgan)
• Swedish: könsorgan (sv) n
• Thai: อวัยวะเพศ (th) (à-wai-yá-wá-pêet)
• Turkish: cinsel organ (tr)

See also

• genitalia
• reproductive organ