calycle
Britishnoun
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zoology a cup-shaped structure, as in the coral skeleton
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botany another name for epicalyx
Other Word Forms
- calycular adjective
Etymology
Origin of calycle
C18: from Latin, diminutive of calyx
Example Sentences
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Young Oceania just escaped from its reproductive calycle; magnified.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander
This protecting calycle is wanting round the heads of the Tubularians, though their stems are surrounded by a sheath.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander
Young Clytia just escaped from the reproductive calycle.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander
In one such bell there may be no less than twenty or thirty Medusæ developed one below the other; when ready to hatch, the calycle bursts and allows them to escape.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander
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