Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An otoconium; a small otolith or calcareous concretion of the labyrinth of the ear.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A mass of otoliths.
  • noun An otolith.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun anatomy A mass of otoliths.
  • noun anatomy An otolith.

Etymologies

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oto- + Ancient Greek for "dust".

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