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Calicle

Cal′i-cle

,
Noun.
[L.
caliculus
a small cup, dim. of
calicis
, a cup. Cf
Calycle
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp.
(b)
One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See
Campanularian
.
[Written also
calycle
. See
Calycle
.]

Definition 2024


calicle

calicle

English

Noun

calicle (plural calicles)

  1. (zoology) any cup-shaped depression
  2. (botany, zoology) a calyculus