(zoology) An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae. Ancestral to vertebrate otolith (their organ of hearing and balance).

plural of statocracy

Of or relating to statocracy, or government by the state.

government by the state, or by political power in distinction from ecclesiastical power

(zoology) One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges. They are protected by a firm covering, and are usually destined to perpetuate the species during the winter season. They burst open and develop in the spring. In some freshwater sponges they serve to preserve the species during the dry season.

plural of statoblast

plural of statoconium

(anatomy) otoconium

plural of statocyte

A cell containing statoliths, thought to be involved in gravitropic perception in plants.