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Lateral line   /lˈætərəl laɪn/   Listen
Lateral line

noun
1.
Sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water.  Synonym: lateral line organ.






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"Lateral line" Quotes from Famous Books



... and two deep; the sides and bottom thick, the materials moss, worsted, and birch-bark, lined with hair and feathers. The stream affords the parr,[57] a small species of trout seldom exceeding eight inches in length, marked on the sides with nine large bluish spots, and on the lateral line with small red ones. No traveller should omit visiting Yorke Cascade, a magnificent cataract, amidst most suitable scenery, about a mile distant from the house. This country is very mountainous, has no natural woods, except of birch; ...
— Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 - Volume II. • Mrs. Thomson



Words linked to "Lateral line" :   amphibian, receptor, fish, sensory receptor, sense organ



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