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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

thing go
a separate and self-contained entity

part, piece go
a portion of a natural object

body part go
any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity

organ go
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

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

noun.body

13 Subcategories

lateral line, lateral line organ go
sense organs of fish and amphibians
interoceptor, enteroceptor go
any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body
exteroceptor go
any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body
third eye, pineal eye go
a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
baroreceptor go
a sensory receptor that responds to pressure
chemoreceptor go
a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli
thermoreceptor go
a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold
eye, oculus, optic go
the organ of sight
ear go
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
organ of hearing go
the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound
labyrinth, inner ear, internal ear go
a complex system of interconnecting cavities
semicircular canal go
one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another
stretch receptor go
a receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissue