statocyst

[植]平衡囊

发音

UK /ˈstatə(ʊ)sɪst/

词形变化

statocysts 复数 statocysts

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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).

    生物 动物学

词源

From stato- + cyst.

来源：wiktionary