Definitions for otocysts

otocysts o·to·cyst

Spelling: [oh-tuh-sist]
IPA: /ˈoʊ tə sɪst/

Otocysts is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in otocysts (coosstty).

Definitions for otocysts

noun

  1. a statocyst.
  2. auditory vesicle.

Origin of otocysts

First recorded in 1875-80; oto- + -cyst

Examples for otocysts

The otocyst or auditory organ agrees in its main features with that of other vertebrates.

Otolith: a little ear-bone: granules or concretions found in an otocyst.

otocyst: The cavity, or cyst, which contains the essential parts of an organ of hearing.

In Selachians the otocyst remains in the adult open to the exterior by the ductus endolymphaticus.

Neither of these pairs of nerves seems connected with an otocyst.

In various Teleosts the swimbladder enters into intimate relations with the otocyst.

Word Value for otocysts
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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