Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lateral line

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables
lat-er-al -line
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sense organ of a fish running lengthwise down each of its sides from the vicinity of the operculum to the base of the tail, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water.

noun

An equivalent organ found in tadpoles and aquatic salamanders that runs down the head and trunk.

Inflected Forms

lateral lines (plural)

Synonyms

lateral line organ

Questions

What does lateral line mean?
A sense organ of a fish running lengthwise down each of its sides from the vicinity of the operculum to the base of the tail, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water.

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