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Results for “ossicle”

Ichthyological terms, not general ones.

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  • ossicle

    Small bone, especially any of the three small bones in the inner ear of vertebrates.

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  • Weberian ossicle

    Any of the modified vertebrae comprising the Weberian apparatus in Ostariophysian fishes, individually named the claustrum, scaphium, intercalarium and tripus.

  • Ostariophysan

    Fish of the superorder Ostariophysi, members of which are characterised by possession of a Weberian apparatus, i.e., the anterior four or five vertebrae are modified as a protective casing for the bony ossicles which connect the inner ear and swim bladder. The order contains such orders as Cypriniformes, Characiformes, Gymnotiformes, and Siluriformes.

  • tripus

    The hindmost Weberian ossicle of the Weberian apparatus, touching the anterior wall of the swimbladder and connected to the intercalarium by a dense, elongate ligament.