asteriscus

Asteriscus

As`ter*is"cus\, n. [L., an asterisk. See Asterisk.] (Anat.) The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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