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.

Origin of lagena

1
<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
  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

Origin of lagena

1
C19: Latin, a flask, from Greek lagēnos

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