JACOBSON'S ORGAN


Meaning of JACOBSON'S ORGAN in English

/jay"keuhb seuhnz/ , Anat., Zool.

either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well-developed in many animals, esp. reptiles.

[ 1870-75; named after L. L. Jacobson (d. 1843), Danish anatomist ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .