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statolith
statolith n.
Brit. 
/ˈstatə(ʊ)lɪθ/
, /ˈstatə(ʊ)lɪθ/U.S. /ˈstædəˌlɪθ/
(a) Zoology a calcareous particle in the statocyst of an invertebrate; cf. otolith n. 1; (b) Botany each of a number of specialized mobile starch grains found in certain plant cells (esp. of the root cap), thought to be involved in the perception of gravity./ˈstædəˌlɪθ/ΘΚΠ
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statolith1892
statocone1910
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kinetosome1912
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1892 Arch. Otol. 21 330 The otoliths, having nothing to do with the function of hearing (which seems to be absent in these animals), are called statoliths by the author.
1903 F. Darwin in Nature 16 Apr. 571/2 The Statolith Theory of Geotropism.
1955 Sci. News 36 92 Even plants which have no statoliths respond to gravitational stimuli.
1962 D. Nichols Echinoderms vi. 83 These are tiny fluid-filled spheres containing calcareous statoliths, the differential movement of which is registered in special nerves.
1969 Nature 28 June 1229/1 Starch statoliths are mobile starch grains found in almost all plant organs that respond to gravity.
1975 Nature 2 Oct. 380/2 Statoliths of at least one species of cephalopod are composed of aragonite, a stable form of calcium carbonate.
2002 New Scientist 19 Jan. 108/1 (advt.) Gastropod statoliths: tools for evaluating growth in scavenging and carnivorous neogastropods.
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