Definition of "utricular" []

• Of, relating to, or resembling a utricle. (adjective)
• Having one or more utricles. (adjective)
• Relating to the uterus. (adjective)

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• "That portion which is lodged in the recess forms a sort of pouch or cul-de-sac, the floor and anterior wall of which are thickened, and form the macula acustica utriculi, which receives the utricular filaments of the acoustic nerve."
• "M.G. Paqui, Optati lib (erti) Pardalæ, sextum (viri) Aug (ustalis) col (oniæ) Ju (liæ) Pat (ernæ) Ar (elatensis) patron (i) ejusdem corpor (is), item patron (i) fabror (um) naval (ium), utricular (iorum) et centena (riorum)"