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statocystic

Variant of statocyst

noun

  1. Bot. a plant cell containing plastids, starch grains, or other statoliths
  2. Zool. a sense organ found in many invertebrate animals, consisting typically of a fluid-filled sac lined with small sensory hairs and containing one or more tiny, free, sandlike grains, or statoliths: it functions as an organ of balance or equilibrium

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