ALL meanings of otolith
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O o - noun otolith Anatomy, Zoology. a calcareous concretion in the internal ear of vertebrates. 1
- noun otolith statolith (def 1). 1
- noun otolith Each of three small oval calcareous bodies in the inner ear of vertebrates, involved in sensing gravity and movement. 1
- noun otolith any of the granules of calcium carbonate in the inner ear of vertebrates. Movement of otoliths, caused by a change in position of the animal, stimulates sensory hair cells, which convey the information to the brain 0
- noun otolith a tiny, bonelike particle or stony, platelike structure in the internal ear of lower vertebrates 0
- noun otolith a similar calcareous concretion in the statocyst of many invertebrates 0