Definition of Statoliths

1. Noun. (plural of statolith) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Statoliths

1. statolith [n] - See also: statolith

Lexicographical Neighbors of Statoliths

statistics
statistology
statists
stative
statives
statoblast
statoblasts
statocracies
statocracy
statocratic
statocyst
statocysts
statoid
statoids
statolith
statoliths (current term)
stator
stator coil
stators
statoscope
statoscopes
stats
statto
stattos
statua
statuaries
statuary
statuas
statue
statue maker

Literary usage of Statoliths

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"If a crayfish which has just molted be placed in perfectly clean water, the otocyst will remain without statoliths; but if some easily recognizable ..."

2. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"Among these hairs are a number of large grains of sand, the statoliths, which are placed there by the crayfish. Beneath the sensory cushion are glands which ..."

3. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"Among these hairs are a number of large grains of sand, the statoliths, which are placed there by the crayfish. Beneath the sensory cushion are glands which ..."

4. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"Among these hairs are a number of large grains of sand, the statoliths, which are placed there by the crayfish. Beneath the sensory cushion are glands which ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1905)
"The existence of statoliths in regions which have ceased to be capable of ordinary geotropic curvature is at first sight a difficulty. ..."

6. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"The medusae possess eye-spots (ocelli) and statocysts containing statoliths of ectodermal origin. ... statoliths which are usually enclosed in vesicles. ..."

7. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"... work that an alteration in the position of the statoliths does stimulate ... cell when that wall is cleared of statoliths by temporary horizontality. ..."

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