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third eye

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third eye
n.
A sensory structure capable of light reception, located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles. Also called pineal eye.
third eye
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the pineal gland, believed by some people to be the source of spiritual insight
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Noun1.third eyethird eye - a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
pineal eye
sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon - the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon


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When the time comes I will describe that wondrous moonlit night upon the great lake when a young ichthyosaurus--a strange creature, half seal, half fish, to look at, with bone-covered eyes on each side of his snout, and a third eye fixed upon the top of his head--was entangled in an Indian net, and nearly upset our canoe before we towed it ashore; the same night that a green water-snake shot out from the rushes and carried off in its coils the steersman of Challenger's canoe.
The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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