statocyst (English, noun)
expansion: statocyst (plural statocysts)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae. Ancestral to vertebrate otolith (their organ of hearing and balance).
Forms:
form: statocysts
tags: plural