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Webster 1913 Edition
Calicle
Cal′i-cle
,Noun.
(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
.]