Vallecula
/vaˈlɛk.jʊl.ə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 A depression, channel, or groove.
- 2 (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part wordnet
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1859 borrowing from Late Latin vallecula (“a little valley, glen, dell”), diminutive of vallēs (“a valley, vale”).