SACCULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saccule mean? 

• SACCULE (noun)
  The noun SACCULE has 1 sense:

1. a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)

  Familiarity information: SACCULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACCULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

saccule; sacculus

Hypernyms ("saccule" is a kind of...):

sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)

Holonyms ("saccule" is a part of...):

membranous labyrinth (the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth)