lens of the eye

English Thesaurus

1. biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina (noun.body)

hypernym	:	organ,
definition	:	a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function (noun.body)

part holonym	:	cortex, lens cortex,
definition	:	the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus (noun.body)

part holonym	:	lens capsule,
definition	:	a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye (noun.body)

part meronym	:	eye, oculus, optic,
definition	:	the organ of sight (noun.body)