osoberry (osober"i)

[ al.] Of or pertaining to the osphradium: as, the osphradial nerve or ganglion. E. R. Lan kester, Encyc. Brit., XVI. 645. osphradium (os-fra'di-um), n.; pl. osphradia (-a). [NL., ὀσμή, smell, όζειν, smell: see osmium.] The so called olfactory organ of mollusks; a patch or tract of specially modified epithelium of the body-wall at the base of the ctenidium, supplied with a special nerve, supposed to smell, taste, or otherwise test the water which the animal breathes, thus functioning as a special sense organ. [ osphresiologic (os-frēsi-o-loj'ik), a. phresiolog -y+ -ic.] Of or pertaining to osphresiology. Amer. Jour. Psychol., I. 500. osphresiology (os-frē-si-ol'ō-ji), n. [ that of Bonaparte the family corresponded to the Cuvierian "fishes with labyrinth i form pharyngeals." It includes the goramy and related fresh-water fishes of India.