"utricle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjuː.tɹɪk.əl/ Forms: utricles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French utricule or Latin ūtriculus (“a small skin or leathern bottle”), diminutive of ūter (“a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide”). Doublet of utriculus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wed-}}, {{bor|en|fr|utricule}} French utricule, {{bor|en|la|ūtriculus||a small skin or leathern bottle}} Latin ūtriculus (“a small skin or leathern bottle”), {{doublet|en|utriculus}} Doublet of utriculus Head templates: {{en-noun}} utricle (plural utricles)
  1. (biology) A small cell, sac, or bladder-like protuberance in an animal or plant:
    (anatomy) The larger of the two fluid-filled cavities forming part of the membranous labyrinth in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule) and into which the semicircular canals open. It contains hair cells and otoliths which send signals to the brain concerning the orientation of the head.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy, Biology, Plant anatomy
    Sense id: en-utricle-en-noun-0mwJWkU5 Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 32 36 32 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  2. (biology) A small cell, sac, or bladder-like protuberance in an animal or plant:
    (anatomy) Clipping of prostatic utricle.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: prostatic utricle Categories (topical): Anatomy, Biology, Plant anatomy
    Sense id: en-utricle-en-noun-UT9tfVBM Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 32 36 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 55 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 55 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 56 23 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  3. (biology) A small cell, sac, or bladder-like protuberance in an animal or plant:
    (botany) A dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with thin membranous pericarp, similar to an achene and found in the beet and dock plants.
    Categories (topical): Biology, Botany, Plant anatomy
    Sense id: en-utricle-en-noun-agJwhNKZ Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 32 36 32 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: utriculus Hyponyms: prostatic utricle Derived forms: utricular [adjective], utriculo- Related terms: saccule

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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