Electroreceptive

Word ELECTRORECEPTIVE
Character 16
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Electroreceptive"

What do we mean by electroreceptive?

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word electroreceptive. Define electroreceptive, electroreceptive synonyms, electroreceptive pronunciation, electroreceptive translation, English dictionary definition of electroreceptive.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Electroreceptive

  • Synonyms for electroreceptive
  • Electroreceptive synonyms not found!!!
  • Antonyms for electroreceptive
  • Electroreceptive antonyms not found!

The word "electroreceptive" in example sentences

Finally, regarding diet and breeding, olms apparently mostly detect their prey using chemical clues and the detection of water currents but they also possess electroreceptive organs in the head and thus presumably employ electroreception. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The hypothesis that actinistians are the sister group of lungfishes is the most corroborated, based on five possible synapomorphies: presence of a superficial isthmal nucleus, a laminated dorsal thalamus with marked protrusion into the third ventricle, olfactory peduncles, evaginated cerebral hemispheres with pronounced septum ependymale, and electroreceptive rostral organs. ❋ Unknown (2005)

One lineage led to the ray-finned fishes, or actinopterygians, and they've kept a weak electroreceptive system to this day. ❋ Wired UK (2011)

About 500 million years ago there was probably a predatory marine fish with good eyesight, powerful jaws and sharp teeth roamed the oceans, sporting a lateral line system for detecting water movements and a well-developed electroreceptive system to sense predators and prey around it. ❋ Wired UK (2011)

These flask-shaped, electroreceptive organs - well known and familiar to anyone who knows sharks - are distributed across the White shark's snout and around its jaws, but while many sources show the organs in cross-section, I've never actually seen their contents before. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The presence of large bifurcating canals within the bones of the ichthyosaur rostrum has led some to speculate that ichthyosaurs had enhanced tactility in the snout, and it's even been proposed that ichthyosaurs might have had electroreceptive abilities (that is, that they could detect the electrical signals given off by muscular activity in other animals). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Last I read the hammerhead shape was due to an increase in ampullae and the higher electropore density over a wider area giving them an increased electroreceptive capability. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cross Reference for Electroreceptive

  • Electroreceptive cross reference not found!

What does electroreceptive mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews
App Name Developer
Google App Reviews Google LLC
Microsoft Authenticator App Reviews Microsoft Corporation
Telegram Messenger App Reviews Telegram FZ-LLC
Cash App App Reviews Block, Inc.
TikTok App Reviews TikTok Ltd.