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caliculus

noun

a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)

• Syn: ↑calyculus, ↑calycle

• Derivationally related forms: ↑calycular (for: ↑calyculus), ↑calicular (for: ↑calyculus)

• Hypernyms: ↑structure, ↑anatomical structure, ↑complex body part, ↑bodily structure, ↑body structure

• Hyponyms: ↑optic cup, ↑eyecup

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/keuh lik"yeuh leuhs/, n., pl. caliculi /-luy'/.

calyculus (def. 1).

Useful english dictionary. 2012.