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Webster 1913 Edition


Ampullaceous

Amˊpul-la′ceous

,
Adj.
[L.
ampullaceus
, fr.
ampulla
.]
Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Kirby.
Ampullaceous sac
(Zool.)
,
one of the peculiar cavities in the tissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells.