n. Any of various bladderlike structures in a plant or animal, especially: a. A membranous sac contained within the labyrinth of the inner ear and connected with the semicircular canals. b. A small bladderlike one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in an amaranth plant. [Latin utriculus, small leather bottle, diminutive of uter, utr-, leather bottle, possibly from Greek hudriā, water vessel, from hudōr, water; see wed-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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n. A small vestigial blind pouch of the prostate gland. [Latin utriculus, a sac (in the body), diminutive of uterus, uterus.] |
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