aesthete

aesthete also esthete (noun; Greek aisthetes, perceiver): 1. Any invertebrate sense organ.

2. (Arthropoda) Usually applied as sensory nerve endings, but also used for sensory hairs and bristles.

3. (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) Sensory organs terminating in the tegmentum

See also: megalaesthetes, micraesthetes