reproductive organ
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3.1
- noun
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órgano reproductor
- In flowering plants, the reproductive organ is often found in the form of stamens and pistils.
- female reproductive organ
Most people, cell phones tend to be close to two areas, their brain and their reproductive organs.
- Most people, cell phones tend to be close to two areas, their brain and their reproductive organs.
- We as women or as people with, you know, those reproductive organs should not have to suffer the way that we unfortunately often do.
Examples
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In some cases of heterochrony, reproductive organ growth outpaces the development of other tissues.
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These spiders have no reproductive organs.
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- And here we have the male reproductive organ.
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Can you point out for me the female reproductive organs?
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Those would be the male reproductive organs.
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Can a human being "shut down" their reproductive organs on demand?
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The specimen you left with me... has no mature reproductive organs.
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During puberty, your reproductive organs grow and mature.
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The female reproductive organs consist of the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, and vagina.
Academic text (2015) -
Maturity in male hammerheads is signaled by the size of their "claspers," or male reproductive organs, while mature females have full-sized ovaries.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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6.5
An oval part in the male body that makes sperm and male hormones
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4.6
A female organ that makes eggs and hormones for the menstrual cycle
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7.0
A body gland that makes sex cells like eggs or sperm
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3.3
A body part used to make babies, like the penis, vagina, testes, or ovaries
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'reproductive' (capable of generating offspring) modifying 'organ' (a body part), yielding an organ involved in reproduction. This adjectival + noun pattern is a standard, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Reproductive organ comes from two simple ideas: reproductive meaning 'making new life' and organ meaning a body part that has a job. So it names the part of a plant or animal whose job is to make young, like testes, ovaries, stamens or pistils.