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Definition of Statoliths
1. statolith [n] - See also: statolith
Lexicographical Neighbors of Statoliths
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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