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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Calicle

· Cal·i·cle · IPA
01 n. 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 …
  1. 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. See Campanularian.(Zool.) See: Campanularian