| Decapterus macarellus | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. decapterus macarellus, mackerel scad, mackerel shad | small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil. |
| ~ scad | any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae. |
| ~ decapterus, genus decapterus | scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution. |
| mackerel scad | | |
| vesicle | | |
| n. (body) | 1. cyst, vesicle | a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid). |
| ~ dacryocyst, lacrimal sac, tear sac | either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands. |
| ~ dictyosome, golgi apparatus, golgi body, golgi complex | a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions). |
| ~ sac | a structure resembling a bag in an animal. |
| ~ bleb, bulla, blister | (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid. |
| ~ follicle | any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity. |
| ~ liposome | an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector. |
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