Jacobson's organ: Meaning and Definition of

Ja'cob•son's or'gan

Pronunciation: ( jā'kub-sunz), [key]
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  1. either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well-developed in many animals, esp. reptiles.
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