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Johnston's organ

[jon-stuhnz]
–noun Entomology.
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.

Origin:
named after Christopher Johnston (d. 1891), American physician
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