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THIRD EYE
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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:
Hypernyms ("third 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 ("third eye" is a part of...):
betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)