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Noun: pineal eye
  1. A sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
    - third eye

Derived forms: pineal eyes

Type of: receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor

Part of: betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon

Encyclopedia: Pineal eye

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