temperature-sensitive organ
temperature-sensitive organ (pit organ) An apparatus, developed in some snakes, that can detect heat radiated from prey and air motion. Paired organs lie in front of the eye in pit vipers (Crotalidae). The lip pits of some boids (Boidae) perform the same function.
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