Lagena

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:47:10

La*ge"na (?), n.; pl. L. Lagenae (#), E. Lagenas (#). [L., a flask; cf. Gr. , .] Anat.

The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.

 

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