Word

sense organ, n.
freq. cnt. 1

an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

receptor sense organ sensory receptor

lexical pointers

antonym

effector

derivationally related form

receive

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hyponym

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

hypernym

organ

part holonym

sensory system

part meronym

papilla