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  1. n. A sensory nerve ending that recognizes a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. 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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hypernyms (1)

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  1. organ

hyponyms (20)

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  1. semicircular canal
  2. third eye
  3. enteroceptor
  4. lateral line
  1. stretch receptor
  2. inner ear
  3. labyrinth
  4. organ of hearing
  1. chemoreceptor
  2. thermoreceptor
  3. baroreceptor
  4. exteroceptor
  1. ear
  2. oculus
  3. internal ear
  4. interoceptor
  1. lateral line organ
  2. pineal eye
  3. optic
  4. eye

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  1. thermoreceptor
  2. interoceptor
  1. stretch receptor
  2. baroreceptor
  1. chemoreceptor
  2. free nerve ending
  1. proprioceptor
  2. nociceptor
  1. sensillum
  2. caloreceptor
  1. sense organ

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