cysticule

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/ˈsɪstɪkjuːl/

noun

An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nouncysticule (plural cysticules)

plural cysticules

  1. anatomyAn appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes.

    The vestibule is divided into three compartments, - the 'alveus communis'[…]; the sac […]and the cysticule

    1843, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals

Origin

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