OLFACTORY ORGAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does olfactory organ mean? 

• OLFACTORY ORGAN (noun)
  The noun OLFACTORY ORGAN has 1 sense:

1. the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

  Familiarity information: OLFACTORY ORGAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLFACTORY ORGAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nose; olfactory organ

Context example:

he has a cold in the nose

Hypernyms ("olfactory organ" is a kind of...):

chemoreceptor (a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli)

Meronyms (parts of "olfactory organ"):

internasal suture; sutura internasalis (the suture between the two nasal bones)

nasal cavity (either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx)

arteria ethmoidalis; ethmoidal artery (a branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule)

bridge (the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose)

turbinal; turbinate; turbinate bone (any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates)

anterior naris; nostril (either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "olfactory organ"):

neb; snout (a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose)

rostrum; snout (beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils)

beak; honker; hooter; nozzle; schnoz; schnozzle; snoot; snout (informal terms for the nose)

conk (informal term for the nose)

hawk nose (a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk)

proboscis (the human nose (especially when it is large))

pug nose (a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end)

hooknose; Roman nose (a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge)

Holonyms ("olfactory organ" is a part of...):

upper respiratory tract (the nose and throat and trachea)

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)