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caliculus ThesaurusNoun | 1.caliculus - a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)calycle, calyculusoptic cup, eyecup - (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retinaanatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" |
caliculus
caliculus [kah-lik´u-lus] (pl. cali´culi) a bud-shaped or cup-shaped structure.ca·lic·u·lus, pl. ca·lic·u·li (kă-lik'yū-lŭs, lī), A bud-shaped or cup-shaped structure, resembling the closed calyx of a flower. Synonym(s): calycle, calyculus [L. dim. from G. kalyx, the cup of a flower] ca·lic·u·lus, pl. caliculi (kă-lik'yŭ-lŭs, -lī) A bud-shaped or cup-shaped structure, resembling the closed calyx of a flower. [L. dim. from G. kalyx, the cup of a flower]ca·lic·u·lus, pl. caliculi (kă-lik'yŭ-lŭs, -lī) A bud-shaped or cup-shaped structure. [L. dim. from G. kalyx, the cup of a flower]caliculus Related to caliculus: Reappoint, metropathiaSynonyms for caliculusnoun a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)SynonymsRelated Words- optic cup
- eyecup
- anatomical structure
- bodily structure
- body structure
- complex body part
- structure
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