Sensory receptor on a tongue Crossword Clue

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Sensory receptor on a tongue Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RECEPTOR (noun)
1. an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
2. a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response
SENSORY (adjective)
1. relating to or concerned in sensation
2. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

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