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LATERAL LINE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water

Synonyms:

lateral line; lateral line organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lateral line" is a kind of...):

receptor; sense organ; sensory receptor (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)

Holonyms ("lateral line" is a part of...):

amphibian (cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form)

fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)

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