PINEAL EYE
Dictionary entry overview: What does pineal eye mean? • PINEAL EYE (noun)
The noun PINEAL EYE has 1 sense:
1. a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
Familiarity information: PINEAL EYE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PINEAL EYE (noun)
Meaning:
A sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
pineal eye; third eye
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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