| NOUN | body | third eye, pineal eye | a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles |
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| Meaning | A sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles. | |
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| Synonym | pineal eye | |
| Part of | diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon | The posterior division of the forebrain |
| Broader | sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor | An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
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