Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The characteristic sense-organ of the ctenophorans, regarded as probably an auditory capsule; a large vesicle situated at the aboral pole, with a clear fluid and vibratile otoliths. See
Ctenophora .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An organ of the Ctenophora, supposed to be sensory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology An
organ of theCtenophora , possibly asensory organ. It is a blackspeck in thedepression on theaboral side of the body.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek comb + bladder.
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