JACOBSON'S ORGAN


Meaning of JACOBSON'S ORGAN in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized J

Etymology: after L.L. Jacobson

: a slender horizontal canal in the nasal mucosa that ends in a blind pouch, has an olfactory function, and is rudimentary in adult man but highly developed in most reptiles

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