statoconium
Zoology and Anatomy
noun
Each of the large number of granules in the statocyst or otolith mass of some animals, similar to a statolith but smaller.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The British Medical Journal. Probably an alteration of otoconium after statocyst; compare earlier statocone.
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