Asteriscus

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As`ter`is´cus


n.1.(Anat.) The smaller of the two otoliths found in the inner ear of many fishes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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El oido interno contiene tres pares de otolitos, denominados Sagitta, Asteriscus y Lapilli.
2008); however the asteriscus is greater in ostariophysian fishes (Harvey et al.
Asteriscus hierochunticus), Plantago amplexicaulis, Senecio breviflorus (formerly considered S.
Sanchez-Blanco, "Effects of NaCl salinity and water stress on growth and leaf water relations of Asteriscus maritimus plants," Environmental and Experimental Botany, vol.
Validating and corroborating the deposition of two annual growth zones in asteriscus otoliths of common carp Cyprinus carpio from South Africa's largest impoundment.
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