Sentence examples for lateral line from inspiring English sources
noun
A sense organ of a fish running lengthwise down each of its sides from the vicinity of the operculum to the base of the tail, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water.
The lateral line was first described in 1666, by the Danish scientist Nicholas Steno.
He thrust it in and pulled along the lateral line, cutting through bones: click, click, click.
What interested Ristroph was less the workings of the lateral line than its placement.
The lateral line system serves as an orientation device.
Haggling over the number of scales along the lateral line is for rug traders, not for connoisseurs of fine food.
But, as with the lateral line, Ristroph said, "No one really knows no one has done those measurements".
The lateral line system allows the fish to determine the direction and rate of water movement.
Still clearly visible along their flanks and around their snouts, however, was the reason for their existence: a series of bumps called the lateral line.
The manual read: "Sidewalk means that portion of highway intended for the use of pedestrians between the curb line of the lateral line of a shoulder, or, if none, the lateral line of the roadway in the adjacent right of way line".
The lateral line scale count is 52-58.
T. chatareus have 33 or 34 lateral line scales.
