PINEAL EYE

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 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)

Sense 1

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)