Ŭ'tri-cle, n.

(yu'trĭ-kl), n. [Lat. utriculus, diminutive of uter, utris, a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide; Fr. utricule.]

1. A little bag or bladder; a little cell, as the air-cell of a fucus or sea-weed.
2. (Physiol.) A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, or animal, or plant.
3. (Bot.) A small thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goose-foot. Gray.