Am`pul*la"ceous (#), a. [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.

 

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