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Calicle
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noun
Calicle
n. (Zool.)
(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 structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian. (Written also
calycle
)
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