tactile organs
1Tactile — Tac tile, a. [L. tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tactile.] Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations.… …
2Tactile — Tac tile, a. [L. tactilis, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tactile.] Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch; perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations.… …
3tactile corpuscle — n one of the numerous minute bodies (as a Meissner s corpuscle) in the skin and some mucous membranes that usu. consist of a group of cells enclosed in a capsule, contain nerve terminations, and are held to be end organs of touch called also… …
4Tactile — Having to do with touch. * * * Relating to touch or to the sense of touch. [L. tactilis, fr. tango, pp. tactus, to touch] * * * tac·tile tak təl, .tīl adj 1) of, relating to, mediated by, or affecting the sense of touch <tactile sensations> …
5tactile corpuscle — noun : one of the numerous minute bodies in the skin and some mucous membranes that usually consist of a group of cells enclosed in a capsule, contain nerve terminations, and are held to be end organs of touch * * * an oval sense organ made of… …
6tactile — adj. [L. tactus, touch] Pertaining to the organs of the sense of touch …
7tactile — /ˈtæktaɪl / (say taktuyl) adjective 1. of or relating to the organs or sense of touch; endowed with the sense of touch. 2. perceptible to the touch; tangible. {Latin tactilis tangible} –tactility /tækˈtɪləti/ (say tak tiluhtee), noun –tactilely,… …
8arachnid — arachnidan /euh rak ni deuhn/, adj., n. /euh rak nid/, n. 1. any wingless, carnivorous arthropod of the class Arachnida, including spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy longlegs, having a body divided into two parts, the cephalothorax and… …
9apterygote — /ap ter i goht , ap teuhr /, adj. belonging or pertaining to the Apterygota, a subclass of primitive wingless insects that undergo little or no metamorphosis. Also, apterygotous /ap ter i goh teuhs/. [ < NL Apterygota name of the subclass, equiv …
10cephalopod — /sef euh leuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Cephalopoda, having tentacles attached to the head, including the cuttlefish, squid, and octopus. adj. 2. Also, cephalopodic, cephalopodous /sef euh lop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to… …
