#chemoreceptor a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli
supertype: #sense_organ__sensory_receptor__sensoryreceptor an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
subtype: #tastebud__taste_bud__tastebud__gustatory_organ__gustatoryorgan an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
subtype: #carotid_body__carotidbody located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration
subtype: #olfactory_organ__olfactoryorgan__nose the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"
subtype: #snout__neb a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
subtype: #proboscis.snout__probosci__trunk a long flexible snout as of an elephant
subtype: #rostrum__snout beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
subtype: #hooter__beak__honker__nozzle__snoot__snout__schnozzle (US) informal terms for the nose
subtype: #conk (British) informal term for the nose
subtype: #hawk_nose a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk
subtype: #proboscis__probosci (informal) the human nose (especially when it is large)
subtype: #pug_nose__pugnose a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end
subtype: #Roman_nose__hooknose a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge
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