ear

1. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium (synset 105328447)
   is a type of: receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
   has:

   • vestibule of the ear - the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear
   • eardrum, myringa, tympanic membrane, tympanum - the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound
   • organ of hearing - the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound
   • fenestra - a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)
   • arteria auricularis, auricular artery - artery that supplies blood to the ear
   is a part of:

   • auditory system - the sensory system for hearing
   • vestibular apparatus, vestibular system - organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium
   • caput, head - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
2. Good hearing (synset 105665844)
   "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch"
   is a type of: audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing - the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
3. The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear (synset 105331437)
   is a type of: cartilaginous structure - body structure given shape by cartilage
   subtypes: cauliflower ear - an auricle deformed by injury; common among boxers
   has:

   • ear lobe, earlobe - the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear
   • tragus - a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear
   is a part of: external ear, outer ear - the part of the ear visible externally
   same as: auricle, pinna
4. Attention to what is said (synset 105711152)
   "he tried to get her ear"
   is a type of: attending, attention - the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
5. Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn (synset 113154372)
   is a type of: fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
   subtypes: mealie - an ear of corn
   is a part of: corn, indian corn, maize, zea mays - tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
   same as: capitulum, spike

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