sense_organ
1. [ noun ] (zoology) an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
Synonyms: receptor sensory_receptor
Related terms: effector organ eye ear baroreceptor stretch_receptor organ_of_hearing chemoreceptor semicircular_canal inner_ear thermoreceptor lateral_line enteroceptor exteroceptor third_eye sensory_system papilla
Similar spelling:   sensorial
  sensory_nerve
  sensorineural