lateral_line_organ (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *lateral line organ*:
NOUN	animal	lateral line organ, lateral line	sense organs of fish and amphibians

English > *lateral line organ*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water.
Synonym	lateral line
Part of	amphibian	cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water
Part of	fish	Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
Broader	sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor	An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
Catalan	línia lateral

HyperDic: lateral_line_organ