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单词 lagena
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lagena

/ləˈdʒiːnə /
noun (plural lagenae /ləˈdʒiːniː/) Zoology
An extension of the saccule of the ear in some vertebrates, corresponding to the cochlear duct in mammals.In mammals, the lagena is coiled and is referred to as the cochlea....
  • Mammals, crocodilians and dinosaurs independently evolved acute, pitch-sensitive hearing by elongating the lagena (called the cochlea in mammals).
  • The mammalian lagena, called a cochlea, is spiral-shaped and drills into the surrounding bone like a corkscrew opening some debased Australian vintage stoppered with bone.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Latin, literally 'flagon', from Greek lagunos.

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