caliclen.
/ˈkalɪk(ə)l/ Biology.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > cup-shaped
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the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [noun] > structure of colony > cup in which polyp is lodged
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity > urn- or cup-shaped cavity
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1848 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes (new ed.) ii. 16 (note) Calicle..is used for the prominences which contain the cells in many corals.
1848 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes (new ed.) iii. 20 Every calicle is the site of a polyp-flower.
1874 A. Wilson in Good Words 703 A row of little cup-like bodies..known as ‘hydrothecae’ or ‘calycles’.
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