u|tri|cle

u|tri|cle
u|tri|cle «YOO truh kuhl», noun.
1. a small sac or baglike body, such as a cell filled with air in a seaweed.
2. a thin seed vessel resembling a bladder.
3. the larger of the two membranous sacs in the labyrinth of the inner ear, the saccule being the smaller.
[< Latin ūtriculus (diminutive) < ūter, ūtris skin bag, skin bottle]

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