Ampullaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ampullaceous \Am`pul*la"ceous\, a. [L. ampullaceus, fr.
     ampulla.]
     Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
     --Kirby.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Ampullaceous sac} (Zool.), one of the peculiar cavities in
        the tissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells.
        [1913 Webster] Ampullar