membranous pouch (noun)

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• cheek pouch — noun a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher) • Hypernyms: ↑pouch, ↑pocket * * * noun : a saclike dilatation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents used for holding food * * * a sac in the cheek of certain animals,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Basiliscus — noun a reptile genus of Iguanidae • Syn: ↑genus Basiliscus • Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Iguanidae, ↑family Iguanidae, ↑Iguania, ↑family Iguania …   Useful english dictionary

• sacculus — noun a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) • Syn: ↑saccule • Hypernyms: ↑sac • Part Holonyms: ↑membranous labyrinth …   Useful english dictionary

• utriculus — noun a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open • Syn: ↑utricle • Hypernyms: ↑pouch, ↑pocket • Part Holonyms: ↑membranous labyrinth …   Useful english dictionary

• umbilical vesicle — noun membranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammalian embryos until the heart becomes functional • Syn: ↑yolk sac, ↑vitelline sac, ↑vesicula umbilicus • Hypernyms: ↑sac * * * noun : the yolk sac of a mammalian …   Useful english dictionary

• vesicle — noun Etymology: Middle French vesicule, from Latin vesicula small bladder, blister, from diminutive of vesica Date: 1578 1. a. a membranous and usually fluid filled pouch (as a cyst, vacuole, or cell) in a plant or animal b. a small abnormal… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cyst — noun /sɪst/ A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ …   Wiktionary

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