cysticule

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cyst +‎ -cule.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cysticule (plural cysticules)

  1. (anatomy) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes.
    • 1843, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals:
      The vestibule is divided into three compartments, - the 'alveus communis' […] ; the sac […] and the cysticule

References[edit]

“cysticule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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