olfactory organ
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1. the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | chemoreceptor, |
| definition | : | a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | neb, snout, |
| definition | : | a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | rostrum, snout, |
| definition | : | beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | conk, |
| definition | : | informal term for the nose (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | hawk nose, |
| definition | : | a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | proboscis, |
| definition | : | the human nose (especially when it is large) (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | pug nose, |
| definition | : | a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | hooknose, roman nose, |
| definition | : | a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone, |
| definition | : | any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | nasal cavity, |
| definition | : | either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | bridge, |
| definition | : | the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | anterior naris, nostril, |
| definition | : | either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | face, human face, |
| definition | : | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | nose, nuzzle, |
| definition | : | rub noses (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | nose, |
| definition | : | push or move with the nose (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | nose, scent, wind, |
| definition | : | catch the scent of; get wind of (verb.perception) |
| derivation | : | nose, nuzzle, |
| definition | : | rub noses (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | nose, |
| definition | : | push or move with the nose (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | nose, scent, wind, |
| definition | : | catch the scent of; get wind of (verb.perception) |
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