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magnetosensor

magnetosensor noun: the supposed organ of magnetoception.

Noun

magnetosensor (plural magnetosensors)

  1. The supposed organ of magnetoception
    • Moreover, using a transgenic approach, human CRY2 was proved to even function as a magnetosensor in the magnetoreception system of Drosophila [12 ].2015 July 15, “Cryptochromes and Hormone Signal Transduction under Near-Zero Magnetic Fields: New Clues to Magnetic Field Effects in a Rice Planthopper”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of magnetosensor

pluralmagnetosensors

Origin of magnetosensor

From magneto- + sensor.

Questions about magnetosensor

What does magnetosensor mean?
Magnetosensor means the supposed organ of magnetoception.
What part of speech is magnetosensor?
Magnetosensor is a noun.
What is the plural of magnetosensor?
The plural of magnetosensor is magnetosensors.

Words near magnetosensor in the dictionary

  1. magnetoscopy
  2. magnetosensation
  3. magnetosensing
  4. magnetosensitive
  5. magnetosensitivity
  6. magnetosensor
  7. magnetosensors
  8. magnetosensory
  9. magnetoshear
  10. magnetosheath
  11. magnetosheathlike

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