ELECTRORECEPTOR

Meaning of ELECTRORECEPTOR in English

Pronunciation: -ri- ' sep-t ə r

Function: noun

Date: 1958

: a vertebrate organ found especially in fish that contains sensory cells capable of detecting electric fields

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

ELECTRORECEPTOR — noun Date: 1958 a vertebrate organ found especially in fish that contains sensory cells capable of detecting electric fields
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELECTRORECEPTOR — ə̇¦lektrōˌ noun Etymology: electr- + receptor : a vertebrate organ found especially in fish that contains sensory cells capable of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELECTRORECEPTOR — /i lek'troh ri sep"teuhr/ , n. Zool. any of an array of tiny, electrically sensitive ampullar organs present in sharks, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELECTRORECEPTOR — noun Date: 1958 : a vertebrate organ found especially in fish that contains sensory cells capable of detecting electric fields
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELECTRORECEPTION — ■ noun the detection by an aquatic animal of electric fields or currents. Derivatives electroreceptor noun
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