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LATERAL LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water
Synonyms:
lateral line; lateral line organ
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lateral line" is a kind of...):
receptor; sense organ; sensory receptor (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)
Holonyms ("lateral line" is a part of...):
amphibian (cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form)
fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)
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