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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology, same as
calycle , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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 .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology any
cup -shapeddepression - noun botany, zoology a
calyculus
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