lateral line organ

1. 1.

   sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water

   Synonymslateral line

   Broadersense organ

   Part offishamphibian

Questions about lateral line organ

What does lateral line organ mean?

lateral line organ means "sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water".

What is another word for lateral line organ?

Close synonyms include lateral line. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lateral line organ a common word?

lateral line organ is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.