chordotonal organ
From ZooTerms (Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology)
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chordotonal organ: Subcuticular sense organs of insects and perhaps nematodes that consist of one to several hundred chordotonal sensilla (scolopidia); attached to the cuticle that function as mechanoreceptors; abundant in tympanal organs; a scolopophorus organ.
See also: tympanal organ, myochordotonal organ
