The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A sac or saclike bodily cavity, especially one containing a viscous lubricating fluid and located between a tendon and a bone or at points of friction between moving structures.
n. Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In anatomy and zoology, a pouch, sac, or vesicle: variously applied with a qualifying term.
n. [capitalized] A genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Brassicaceæ. See Capsella and shepherd's-purse.
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n. a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints
n. a city in northwestern Turkey
Word Usage
"The spermatheca (also called the bursa copulatrix) is an organ that can't be exchanged, while a spermatophore is a packet of sperm that is given to a slug's (or a snail's) partner during mating and may or may not be stored in the spermatheca."