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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.

Nearby words

  1. lag screw,
  2. lag-screw,
  3. lagan,
  4. lagash,
  5. lagen,
  6. lageniform,
  7. lager,
  8. lager lout,
  9. lager top,
  10. lagered-up

Origin of lagena

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