Caliculus
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of calyculus. US, alt-of, alternative
- 2 a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) wordnet
Etymology
From Latin caliculus, diminutive of calix. By surface analysis, calic- + -ulus.