Otolith

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of many minute calcareous particles found in the inner ear of vertebrates and in the statocysts of many invertebrates. Also called statolith.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small particle, comprised mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A calcareous concretion within the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
  • n. One of the proper otic bones of some animals, as certain fishes; an otosteon. See cuts under Esox and Python.
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  • Word Usage
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    Equivalent
    otolite   
    Form
    otolithic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    otoconium    otosteon    statoconium    statolith   
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