calicularadj.

/kəˈlɪkjʊlər/

Etymology: < Latin caliculus, diminutive of calix a cup + -ar suffix¹.

See also calycular adj.

†1. ? Resembling a little cup (? or perhaps = calycular adj.). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 124 Contemplating the calicular shafts [of the teasel], and uncous disposure of their extremities.

2. Biology. Of or pertaining to a calicle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [adjective] > relating to or having calicles

caliculate1846

calicular1849

1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria x. 221 They..produce their young clusters through this marginal calicular development.

1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 94 Three chief forms of gemmation..amongst the compound Zoantharia—viz. basal, parietal, and calicular.

Derivatives

caˈlicularly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [adverb] > with reference to calicle

calicularly1846

1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes iv. §60 The coralla..may be described as calicularly branched.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	calicular
释义	calicularadj. /kəˈlɪkjʊlər/ Etymology: < Latin caliculus, diminutive of calix a cup + -ar suffix¹. See also calycular adj. †1. ? Resembling a little cup (? or perhaps = calycular adj.). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 124 Contemplating the calicular shafts [of the teasel], and uncous disposure of their extremities. 2. Biology. Of or pertaining to a calicle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [adjective] > relating to or having calicles caliculate1846 calicular1849 1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria x. 221 They..produce their young clusters through this marginal calicular development. 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 94 Three chief forms of gemmation..amongst the compound Zoantharia—viz. basal, parietal, and calicular. Derivatives caˈlicularly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [adverb] > with reference to calicle calicularly1846 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes iv. §60 The coralla..may be described as calicularly branched. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1658
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