sensory organ

collocation in English

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sensory
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈsen.sər.i/us
/ˈsen.sər.i/
connected with the physical senses of touch, smell, taste, hearing, ...
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organ
noun
uk
/ˈɔː.ɡən/us
/ˈɔːr.ɡən/
a part of the body of an animal or plant that performs a ...
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(Definition ofsensoryandorganfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, at that time, these investigators had not attempted to tie their functional considerations to accounts of the microstructure of thesensoryorgan.
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The synthetic model described may in this sense be thought of as analogous to a starvedsensoryorgan.
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This arrangement suggests that thesensoryorganglia may have acquired the ability to associate with non-sensory synapses.
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We can conceive of a world in which organisms sense the ambient temperature of their surroundings by a singlesensoryorganwhich doesn't distinguish any source of radiant heat.
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In many species, the snout is modified into an elongatedsensoryorgan.
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The sole is asensoryorganthrough which we can perceive the ground while standing and walking.
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It concentrates on onesensoryorganat a time.
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Other hypotheses for the spaces, such as an oticsensoryorganhousing, have been tossed around with little support.
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The tongue is a fleshy and muscularsensoryorgan, and the very first sensory information is received via the taste buds on its surface.
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An antenna-form structure just posterior to the mouth may be asensoryorgan.
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It might have been used to search out food, or as asensoryorganlike narwhal tusks.
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Nor does it have an otolith, asensoryorganconnected with balance, which the former possesses.
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The frog's skin is smooth, but with a lateral linesensoryorganthat has a stitch-like appearance.
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The cause of sensation lies not so much in the object, but in thesensoryorganreceiving the impression.
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The tusk is an innervatedsensoryorganwith millions of patent nerve endings connecting the external ocean environment with the brain.
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The encoded protein acts as a transcription factor and may play a role in brain andsensoryorgandevelopment.
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Therefore, any perceptual system must incorporate input from at least onesensoryorgan.
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Asensoryorgan(biological or artificial) is used to capture this information.
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