utriculus

What does utriculus mean?

utriculus means "a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open".

How many syllables are in utriculus?

utriculus has 4 syllables: u-tri-cu-lus. The stress falls on "tri".

What is another word for utriculus?

Close synonyms include utricle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is utriculus a common word?

utriculus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for utriculus come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.