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Vallecula

//vaˈlɛk.jʊl.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A depression, channel, or groove.
  2. 2
    (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part wordnet

Etymology

1859 borrowing from Late Latin vallecula (“a little valley, glen, dell”), diminutive of vallēs (“a valley, vale”).

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