organ of hearing

English Thesaurus

1. the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound (noun.body)

hypernym	:	receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor,
definition	:	an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation (noun.body)

hyponym	:	organ of corti,
definition	:	the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves (noun.body)

part meronym	:	ear,
definition	:	the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium (noun.body)