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lagena

[luh-jee-nuh]
noun, plural la·ge·nae [luh-jee-nee] /ləˈdʒi ni/. Zoology.
  1. 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
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British Dictionary definitions for lagena

lagena

noun
  1. a bottle with a narrow neck
  2. an outgrowth of the sacculus in the ear of fishes and amphibians, thought to be homologous to the cochlea of mammals
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Word Origin for lagena

C19: Latin, a flask, from Greek lagēnos
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lagena in Medicine

lagena

(lə-jē′nə)
n. pl. la•ge•nae (-nē)
  1. One of the three parts of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear of nonmammalian vertebrates.
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