Statocyst Definition

stătə-sĭst
noun
A plant cell containing plastids, starch grains, or other statoliths.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Statocyst

Noun

Singular:
statocyst
Plural:
statocysts

Statocyst Sentence Examples

  • Again in Pennaria, the male medusae are set free st.c, Statocyst containing the minute cyst.

  • The sense organs are eyes, antennae, sensory styles and a statocyst in a few species.

  • In Filibranchia and many Protobranchia the otocyst (or statocyst) contains numerous particles (otoconia).

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Words Starting With

SSTSTA

Words Ending With

TSTYST

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