Johnston's organ

Johnston's organ
/jon"steuhnz/, Entomol.
a sense organ in the second segment of the antenna of an insect, sensitive to movements of the antenna's flagellum, as when the insect is in flight.
[named after Christopher Johnston (d. 1891), American physician]

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