cupula.
A cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
Meaning & usage
A cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
A moveable object in the ampullae of the ear's semicircular canals that is involved in sensing head rotation
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin cūpula, from cūpa + -ula. Doublet of cupola. False cognate of English cupule in which English cup is descendant of Old English copp of Germanic origin.
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