calicle

[ kal-i-kuhl ]

noun

1. a cuplike depression or formation, as in corals.
2. Botany, Zoology. calyculus.

calicle

/ ˈkælɪkəl; kəˈlɪkjʊlə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of calycle

Derived Forms

• calicular, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of calicle¹

1840–50; < Latin caliculus small cup, equivalent to calic- (stem of calix; calix ) cup + -ulus -ule

Example Sentences

E, Section through a dividing calicle of Mussa, showing the union of two septa in the plane of division and the origin of new septa at right angles to them.

From Project Gutenberg

But in some cases, as they grow farther apart, this continuity is broken, each corallite has its own edge-zone, and internal continuity is also broken by the formation of dissepiments within each calicle, all organic connexion between the two zooids being eventually lost.

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Thus in the family Stauridae there are four chief septa whose inner ends unite in the middle of the calicle to form a false columella, and in the Zaphrentidae there are many instances of an arrangement, such as that depicted in fig.

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In this coral the calicle is divided into quadrants by four principal septa, the main septum, counter septum, and two alar septa.

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One or more pits or fossulae present in the calicle.

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