calicle Biol.
(ˈkælɪk(ə)l)
Also (erron.) calycle.
[ad. L. caliculus, dim. of calix cup.]
(See quot.)
| 1848 Dana Zooph. ii. 16 note, Calicle..is used for the prominences which contain the cells in many corals. Ibid. iii. 20 Every calicle is the site of a polyp-flower. 1874 A. Wilson in Gd. Words. 703 A row of little cup-like bodies..known as ‘hydrothecae’ or ‘calycles’. |