PINEAL EYE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles

Synonyms:

pineal eye; third eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pineal eye" 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)

Holonyms ("pineal eye" is a part of...):

betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)

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