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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In zoology, one of the sense-organs or marginal bodies of the Lucernarida or steganophthalmate medusans.
Wiktionary
- n. zoology A sac containing otoliths, found in medusae and other invertebrates.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (
otoliths ). They are found in many Medusæ, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs.
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- Ancient Greek (Wiktionary)
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