noun
all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears
• Topics: ↑otology
• Hypernyms: ↑apparatus
• Part Holonyms: ↑auditory system
• Part Meronyms:
↑inner ear, ↑internal ear, ↑labyrinth, ↑external ear, ↑outer ear, ↑middle ear, ↑tympanic cavity, ↑tympanum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.