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Definition: CALICLE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. 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.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Calicle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Calicle \Cal"i*cle\, noun. [Latin expression caliculus small cup, diminutive of calicis, cup. Cf Calycle.]. (references)

Definition: CALICLE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. 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.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CALICLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Calicle \Cal"i*cle\, noun. [Latin expression caliculus small cup, diminutive of calicis, cup. Cf Calycle.]. (references)