Word

olfactory organ, n.

the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
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nose olfactory organ

sample sentences

"he has a cold in the nose"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

nose nose nose

semantic pointers

hyponym

snout, neb snout, rostrum beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz conk hawk nose proboscis pug nose Roman nose, hooknose

part meronym

turbinate, turbinate bone, turbinal ethmoidal artery, arteria ethmoidalis nasal cavity internasal suture, sutura internasalis bridge nostril, anterior naris

hypernym

chemoreceptor

part holonym

upper respiratory tract face, human face