Otolith Definition

ōtə-lĭth
otoliths
noun
A tiny, bonelike particle or stony, platelike structure in the internal ear of lower vertebrates.
Webster's New World
A similar calcareous concretion in the statocyst of many invertebrates.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Otolith

Noun

Singular:
otolith
Plural:
otoliths

Origin of Otolith

  • From Ancient Greek ωτο (ōto), stem of οὖς (ous, “ear") + λίθος (lithos, “stone").

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Otolith Sentence Examples

  • The process carrying the otolith outer side of a or concretion hk, formed by endoderm cells, is tentacle, two enclosed by an upgrowth forming the " vesicle," nerves run round which is not yet quite closed in at the top. the base of the (After Hertwig.) tentacle to it.

  • A single otolith is present as in the veliger embryos of Opisthobranchia.

  • The mouth is shown by the line surrounding the otolith (OT) in the centre.

  • The mouth is ventral, the otolith dorsal.

  • Where the sac is completely closed it generally contains no solid particles, but in a few Macrura a single otolith secreted by the walls of the sac is present.

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Words Starting With

OOTOTO

Words Ending With

HTHITH

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