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vallecula

val·le·cula

UK/vaˈlɛk.jʊl.ə/ US/væˈlɛk.jəl.ə/ uncommon

noun

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(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

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

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