sense organ
nounUK /ˈsens ˌɔː.ɡən/
US /ˈsens ˌɔːr.ɡən/
A sense organ is a part of your body that helps you see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.
Your eyes are a sense organ that lets you see the world.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Any bodily structure specialized to detect a particular kind of stimulus, such as light or sound.
The retina is part of the eye, a light-detecting sense organ.
3. In biology, a group of cells or tissues that respond to external or internal stimuli and send signals to the nervous system.
Insects have sense organs on their antennae that detect chemicals.
4. A figurative term for something that perceives or responds to a particular influence.
The newspaper called itself a sense organ of public opinion.