otolith

/oht-l-ith/US // ˈoʊt l ɪθ //UK // (ˈəʊtəʊˌlɪθ) //

耳石,卵石,耳石症,卵磷脂

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : Anatomy, Zoology. a calcareous concretion in the internal ear of vertebrates.
- : statolith.

The Leydigian or nuchal organ is supposed to be auditory and to contain an otolith.
Otolith: a little ear-bone: granules or concretions found in an otocyst.
There are tentacles and otolith vesicles as very delicate organs of feeling, or possibly of hearing also.
The otolith apparatus of the cat can render it no service in free descent.
The dorsal half of the otolith is pigmented: the ventral half is without pigment.