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photoreceptor

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(fōt′ō ri sep′tər)

noun

Biol. a sense organ specialized to detect light, as the eye or any of the elements of a compound eye

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photoreception noun
photoreceptive adjective

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noun

A nerve ending, cell, or group of cells specialized to sense or receive light.

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