Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

statocyst

/ˈstatə(ʊ)sɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sta-to-cyst
IPA: /ˈstatə(ʊ)sɪst/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae. Ancestral to vertebrate otolith (their organ of hearing and balance).

Example Sentences

"Despite their tiny size, statocysts encode significant information about an animal's buoyancy and swimming ability, as we know from studying statocyst variability among modern cephalopods."

Etymology

From stato- + cyst.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: stato

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈstatə(ʊ)sɪst/

Inflected Forms

statocysts (plural)

Derived Forms

statocystic

Questions

How do you pronounce statocyst?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstatə(ʊ)sɪst/.
What does statocyst mean?: An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae. Ancestral to vertebrate otolith (their organ of hearing and balance).
Where does statocyst come from?: From stato- + cyst.

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