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otolith

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables
otolith
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small particle, composed mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.

Etymology

From oto- + -lith, from Ancient Greek ὠτο- (ōto-), stem of οὖς (oûs, “ear”), and λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

otoliths (plural) otolite (alternative)

Derived Forms

otolithic otolithometry

Synonyms

otoconium otosteon statoconium statolith

Questions

What does otolith mean?
A small particle, composed mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.
Where does otolith come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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