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phonic lip

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Term info

Label

phonic lip

Synonyms
  • museau de singe@fr
plural term
phonic lips

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Delphinschaedel.svg

editor note

requires review w.r.t location in physeter vs other odontocetes

function notes

When the lips snap together during click production, vibrations in the dorsal bursae are likely produced[ISBN:0120885522]

has related synonym

phonic lips, monkey lips

id

UBERON:0013176

taxon notes

Large and cornified in sperm whales