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▪ I. ‖ utriculus1|juːˈtrɪkjʊləs|
[L., dim. of ūter leathern bag or bottle: see -culus. Cf. Pg. utriculo.]
1. Bot. (See quots. and utricle1 1.)
1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v., The leaves of trees, whose cuticle has been eat off on one side by small insects, sometimes afford views of these Utriculi. 1793Martyn Lang. Bot., Utriculi,..utricles; reservoirs to secrete and receive the sap. 1838Penny Cycl. XI. 346/1 Fruit [of grasses]..occasionally an utriculus. 1857Henfrey Bot. 428 (Sedges), A single erect anatropous ovule, forming in fruit an utriculus. 1866Treas. Bot. 1197/2 Utriculus,..the two confluent glumes of Carex. 1885G. L. Goodale Physiol. Bot. 346 Utricularia, a genus named from the utriculi or little bladders found on the dissected leaves of some of its species.
2. Anat. Of the ear; = utricle1 2 b.
1847Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. II. 82 As the osseous canals open into the vestibule, so the membranous ones open at both ends into the utriculus. 1878F. J. Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 535 The sacculus and utriculus contain otoliths.
▪ II. ‖ uˈtriculus2 Anat.
[L., dim. of uterus uterus: see -culus.]
= utricle2.
1848Brit. & For. Med.-Chirurgical Rev. I. 271 A canal, originating by the usual opening on the utriculus. c1848Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 152/1 That the utriculus is a male uterus. 1893D. J. Cunningham Man. Pract. Anat. I. 609 This [small recess] is the sinus pocularis or the utriculus. |
