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Webster 1913 Edition
Otolite
{
O′to-lith
,O′to-lite
, }Noun.
[
Oto-
+ -lith
, -lite
.] (Anat.)
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.