paerongo kakara
1. (noun) olfactory epithelium, smell receptor.
Kei te takiwā o te tekau miriona ngā paerongo kakara kei te pongāhau o te tangata e rongo ai ia i te whānui o ngā kakara me ngā haunga (RP 2009:221). / There are approximately ten million smell receptors on the human nasal cavity enabling a person to sense the range of different smells (RP 2009:222).
