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statocyst

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Meaning

  1. noun An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae. Ancestral to vertebrate otolith (their organ of hearing and balance)..mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Similar words

otosteon ossicle asteriscus stylet sagitta actinost anostomid weberian ossicle symplectic ichthyostegid

Often followed by

is of and in nerve removal to sensory receptor

Word family

statocysts

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