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lagena

[ luh-jee-nuh ]
/ ləˈdʒi nə /

noun, plural la·ge·nae [luh-jee-nee]. /ləˈdʒi ni/. Zoology.

an outpocketing of the saccule of birds, reptiles, and bony fishes corresponding to the cochlear duct of mammals.

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Origin of lagena

<New Latin, special use of Latin lagēna flask, flagon; cognate with Greek lágȳnos

Words nearby lagena

lagan, Lagash, Lag b'Omer, lag correlation, lagen, lagena, lageniform, lager, lagered-up, Lagerfeld, Lagerkvist
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British Dictionary definitions for lagena

lagena
/ (ləˈdʒiːnə) /

noun

a bottle with a narrow neck
an outgrowth of the sacculus in the ear of fishes and amphibians, thought to be homologous to the cochlea of mammals

Word Origin for lagena

C19: Latin, a flask, from Greek lagēnos
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Medical definitions for lagena

lagena
[ lə-jē′nə ]

n. pl. la•ge•nae (-nē)

One of the three parts of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear of nonmammalian vertebrates.
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