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Noun
S:
(n)
sense organ
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sensory receptor
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receptor
(an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
part meronym
S:
(n)
papilla
(a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell)
"the papillae of the tongue"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
organ
(a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)
S:
(n)
body part
(any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
S:
(n)
part
,
piece
(a portion of a natural object)
"they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
S:
(n)
thing
(a separate and self-contained entity)
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
part holonym
S:
(n)
sensory system
(the body's system of sense organs)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
auditory system
(the sensory system for hearing)
S:
(n)
visual system
(the sensory system for vision)
S:
(n)
vestibular apparatus
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vestibular system
(organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium)
part meronym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
system
(a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)
"the body has a system of organs for digestion"
part holonym
antonym
derivationally related form