Usually means: Sensory system detecting water vibrations.
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  1. lateral line: Merriam-Webster
  2. lateral line: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lateral line: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lateral line: Vocabulary.com
  5. lateral line: Wordnik
  6. Lateral line: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  7. lateral line: Wiktionary
  8. lateral line: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. lateral line: Dictionary.com
  10. Lateral line: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. lateral line: Rhymezone
  12. lateral line: FreeDictionary.org
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  14. lateral line: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Lateral-line, lateral line: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lateral line: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lateral line)

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.

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