noun
an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
• Syn: ↑sense organ, ↑receptor
• Hypernyms: ↑organ
• Hyponyms:
↑lateral line, ↑lateral line organ, ↑interoceptor, ↑enteroceptor, ↑exteroceptor, ↑third eye, ↑pineal eye, ↑baroreceptor, ↑chemoreceptor, ↑thermoreceptor, ↑eye, ↑oculus, ↑optic, ↑ear, ↑organ of hearing, ↑inner ear, ↑internal ear, ↑labyrinth, ↑semicircular canal, ↑stretch receptor
• Part Holonyms: ↑sensory system
• Part Meronyms: ↑papilla
Useful english dictionary. 2012.