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Webster 1913 Edition
Otocyst
O′to-cyst
,Noun.
[
Oto-
+ cyst
.] (Zool. & Anat.)
An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.
Definition 2024
otocyst
otocyst
English
Noun
otocyst (plural otocysts)
- (invertebrate zoology) An organ involved in balance and orientation.
- 1898, E. P. Lyon, “The Functions of the Otocyst”, in The Journal of Comparative Neurology, volume 8:
- If the otocysts were removed from these animals, they swam normally and no peculiarities were observed in their behavior.
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- (vertebrate embryology) The precursor of the inner ear.
Translations
balance organ in invertebrates
precursor to the inner ear in vertebrates