chemosensoryadj.
/ˌkiːmə(ʊ)ˈsɛns(ə)ri/, /ˌkɛmə(ʊ)ˈsɛns(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌkimoʊˈsɛnsəri/, /ˌkɛmoʊˈsɛnsəri/ Physiology.
(Of a sense organ or receptor) responsive to chemical stimuli; of or relating to such organs or their action. Cf. chemoreceptive adj.
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1937 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 227 460 The lips and tongue [of Peripatopsis] are provided with numerous chemo-sensory organs of a unique arthropodan type.
1962 D. Nichols Echinoderms vi. 83 The main sense organs of holothuroids are the tactile and chemosensory cells scattered in the epithelium.
1990 Nature 15 Feb. 638/2 I selected eight Daphnidae species..which do not seem to show..the ability to discriminate between individual particles on a chemosensory basis.
2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 244 The antennae..bear chemosensory receptors capable of responding to minute quantities of volatile compounds, such as sexual odours.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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