Meaning

1 senses
  1. An organic sensor.

    Sinnesorgan

    о́рган чу́вствórgan čúvstv

    о́рган чуття́órhan čuttjá

More definitions
  • an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Instead, they detect sounds through their tongues and feel vibrations through sense organs in the skull.

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Translations

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an organic sensor:

Origin

Attested from 1850–55

Attested from 1850–55

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Forms

plural: sense organs
Singularsense organ
Pluralsense organs

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation:sensory receptorreceptor

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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