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vallecula

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

vallecula(n = noun.body) groove - (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part;

is a kind of body part

has particulars: costal groove, fissure

vallecula, n. [NL., dim. fr. L. vallis, valles, a valley.].

A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum. [1913 Webster]
One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants. [1913 Webster]

vallecula, n. (pl. valleculae) Anat. & Bot. a groove or furrow.

Derivative

vallecular adj. valleculate adj.

Etymology

LL, dimin. of L vallis valley