lickport

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noun

An opening (typically in a cage) through which a test animal may lick water or other drink

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Meanings

nounlickport (plural lickports)

plural lickports

  1. An opening (typically in a cage) through which a test animal may lick water or other drink

    No airpuff punishment or active removal of residual water from the lickport was used.

    2015, Samuel Andrew Hires et al., “Low-noise encoding of active touch by layer 4 in the somatosensory cortex”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI

Origin

From lick + port.

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APA

lickport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lickport

MLA

“lickport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lickport. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lickport,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lickport.

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