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statocysts

statocysts is the plural of statocyst.

Meaning of statocyst

Noun

statocyst (plural statocysts)

  1. An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae. Ancestral to vertebrate otolith (their organ of hearing and balance).
    • Despite their tiny size, statocysts encode significant information about an animal's buoyancy and swimming ability, as we know from studying statocyst variability among modern cephalopods.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 110

Questions about statocysts

What is statocysts the plural of?
Statocysts is the plural of statocyst.

Words near statocysts in the dictionary

  1. statocracies
  2. statocracy
  3. statocratic
  4. statocyst
  5. statocystic
  6. statocysts
  7. statocyte
  8. statocytes
  9. statohm
  10. statohms
  11. statoid

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