ORGAN OF HEARING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("organ of hearing" is a kind of...):

receptor; sense organ; sensory receptor (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "organ of hearing"):

organ of Corti (the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves)

Holonyms ("organ of hearing" is a part of...):

ear (the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium)

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