UTRICLE


Meaning of UTRICLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈyü-tri-kəl ]

noun

Etymology: Latin utriculus, diminutive of uter leather bag

Date: 1731

: any of various small pouches or saccate parts of an animal or plant: as

a. : the part of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear into which the semicircular canals open

b. : a small usually indehiscent one-seeded fruit with thin membranous pericarp

• utric·u·lar yu̇-ˈtri-kyə-lər adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.