(zoology, botany) propagules or spores in aquatic organisms. / (biology) organs or other structures that maintain equilibrium or orientation in organisms.

A specialized form of amyloplast involved in graviperception by plant roots and most invertebrates.

plural of statolith

plural of statocyst

(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).

Any major administrative division of a state

plural of statoid

plural of statoblast

(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 statocracy