Sense Organ
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Entry:sense organ
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Part of Speech:noun
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Definition:an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
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Synonyms:receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor.
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Hypernym:organ.
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Part holonym:sensory system.
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Derivationally related form:pick up, receive.
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Antonym:effector.
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Hyponym:lateral line, lateral line organ, enteroceptor, interoceptor, exteroceptor, pineal eye, third eye, baroreceptor, chemoreceptor, thermoreceptor, eye, oculus, optic, ear, organ of hearing, inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth, semicircular canal, stretch receptor.
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Part meronym:papilla.