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/lˈætərəl laɪn/ Listen

Lateral line

noun

Sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water. Synonym: lateral line organ.

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... margins of the eye respectively. The knob-like finger tips at once suggest one of the tree-toads, and the presence of the two lines seems to indicate Hyla eximia as the species represented. In this tree-toad there is a long black lateral line running posteriorly from the tympanum and above it a shorter line just as in the drawings. It appears to be a common species in the valley of Mexico though but little seems to have been written of its habits. At the beginning of the rainy season it repairs to pools of water ...

— Animal Figures in the Maya Codices • Alfred M. Tozzer and Glover M. Allen

Words linked to "Lateral line" : fish, amphibian, sensory receptor, receptor, sense organ