A fluid-filled sac that, along with the utricle, acts as an otocyst, registering the extent and direction of linear displacement and bodily position with respect to gravity.
Sac"cule (?), n. [L. sacculus, dim. of saccus sack.]
A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear.
© Webster 1913.
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