auditive

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What we call the auditive organ is in the lower animals simply a sac containing auditive stones.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

Hitherto we have considered only the audition of a single sound, but it is possible also to have simultaneous auditive sensations, as in musical harmony.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

In like manner, we may experience auditive sensations, such as blowing, rubbing and hissing sounds, due to muscular contraction or to the passage of blood in vessels close to the auditory organ.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

According to Hensen, certain Crustacea on sloughing spontaneously introduce fine grains of sand as auditive stones into their otolith vesicle.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

But besides the auditive function, Weber's ossicles may perfectly well discharge some other function.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst