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pineal eye

DEFINITIONS OF: pineal eye

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

Synonyms:
third eye
Type 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
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