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单词 lateral line
释义

lateral line

noun

: a canal along the side of a fish containing pores that open into tubes supplied with sense organs sensitive to low vibrations
also : one of these tubes or sense organs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In water, the inner ear and the lateral line system on fish’s skin detected pressure waves and the motion of water molecules. David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022 According to an environmental impact statement (EIS) released this month by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, the firm seeks to construct a 36-mile lateral line from a tie-in at Holden to the power plant north of Delta. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Nov. 2021 That is, their vision works in concert with their other senses, in this case a fish organ known as the lateral line. Matt Simon, Wired, 13 Jan. 2021 Fish have a lateral line filled with nerve endings to detect noises and vibrations made by both predators and prey. Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2020 That doesn't rule out the researchers giving the Bluebot a multimodal way of sensing the world—for instance, with a robotic version of the lateral line. Matt Simon, Wired, 13 Jan. 2021 Fish have a lateral line filled with nerve endings to detect noises and vibrations made by both predators and prey. Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2020 Fish have a lateral line filled with nerve endings to detect noises and vibrations made by both predators and prey. Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2020 Fish have a lateral line filled with nerve endings to detect noises and vibrations made by both predators and prey. Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1752, in the meaning defined above

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