vocal organ

Noun
  1. Any of the organs involved in speech production (synset 105313113)
    is a type of: organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
    subtypes:
    • articulator - a movable speech organ
    • glottis - the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated
    • larynx, voice box - a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech
    same as: organ of speech, speech organ

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