• (n.) 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.
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Cal'i·cle noun [ Latin
caliculus a small cup, dim. of
calicis , a cup. Cf
Calycle .]
(Zoology) (a) 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 structur...
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