Main Entry: utri·cle

Pronunciation: \ˈyü-tri-kəl\

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin utriculus, diminutive of uter leather bag

Date: 1731

: any of various small pouches or saccate parts of an animal or plant: as a : the part of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear into which the semicircular canals open b : a small usually indehiscent one-seeded fruit with thin membranous pericarp

— utric·u·lar \yu̇-ˈtri-kyə-lər\ adjective