† otoliten.
Anatomy. Obsolete.
= otolith n.
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1835 Rec. Gen. Sci. 1 98 He [sc. M. Breschet] has..detected in the sacs of the labyrinth in man and vertebrated animals, concretions which he terms otolites and otoconies.
1846 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Vertebr. Animals i. 211 The large size of the organ of hearing, and especially that of the hard otolites, also relate to the medium through which the sonorous vibrations are propagated to the fish.
1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. i. ii. 38 Those atmospheric waves which..are conveyed to the minute otolites and rods of the inner ear, to be by them impressed on the auditory nerves.
1875 Amer. Naturalist 9 295 On the fifteenth day the otolites are seen in the ear.
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otolithic1851
otolitic1855
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tectorial1890
stereo-ciliary1979
1855 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 2) v. §315. 110 The otolitic vesicle [in Acalephæ], which, from analogy..is considered as an organ of hearing.
1880 Science 24 July 45/1 The marginal nerve-ring can be traced running round the whole margin of the umbrella, and in close relation with the otolitic cells.
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