発はつ音おん器き

noun

sound-producing organ

Biological term for the organ that produces sound, especially in land-dwelling vertebrates and insects. Used in zoology and entomology contexts.

• セミの発はつ音おん器きは腹ふく部ぶにある。

  The cicada's sound-producing organ is located in its abdomen.

• 脊せき椎つい動どう物ぶつの発はつ音おん器きの構こう造ぞうを比ひ較かくする。

  Compare the structure of sound-producing organs in vertebrates.