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SACCULUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sacculus mean?
• SACCULUS (noun)
The noun SACCULUS has 1 sense:
1. a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
Familiarity information: SACCULUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("sacculus" is a kind of...):
sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)
Holonyms ("sacculus" 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)
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