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Noun Concept

Categories: Articles with short description, Fish nervous system, Ethology

lateral line lateral line organ Lateral Line sense organs Canal pore lateral-line

Sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water WordNet 3.0

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Sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The lateral line, also called the lateral line organ, is a system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water. Wikipedia

Anatomical feature Wikidata

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. Wiktionary

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sense organ

sensory nervous system

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amphibian

fish

Pisces

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet