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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 rhin·en·ceph·a·lon /ˌraɪ(ˌ)nɛnˈsɛfəˌlɑn, lən/
 嗅腦
From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典
 rhin·en·ceph·a·lon /ˌraɪ(ˌ)nɛnˈsɛfəˌlɑn, lən/ 名詞
 嗅腦
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Rhi·nen·ceph·a·lon n.; pl. Rhinencephala   Anat. The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.
 Note:The term is sometimes used for one of the olfactory lobes, the plural being used for the two taken together.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 rhinencephalon
      n : a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense
          of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate
          complex emotional behavior [syn: olfactory brain]
      [also: rhinencephala (pl)]