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neuromast

American  
[noor-uh-mast, nyoor-] / ˈnʊər əˌmæst, ˈnyʊər- /

noun

  1. a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.

Other Word Forms

  • neuromastic adjective

Etymology

Origin of neuromast

1910–15; neuro- + -mast < Greek mastós hillock, literally, breast

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When water passes over the neuromast, it pushes hairlike cells that are surrounded by a gel called cupula.

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