neuromast

neuromast
neuromastic, adj.
/noor"euh mast', nyoor"-/, n.
a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
[1910-15; NEURO- + -mast < Gk mastós hillock, lit., breast]

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