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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The reproductive calycles, i.e. the protecting envelopes covering the young Medusæ, usually arise in the angles of the branches formed by a prolongation of the sheath.
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These calycles or bells, as they are called, assume a great variety of shapes,—elliptical, round, pear-shaped, or ringed like the Clytia.
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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.
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Young Oceania just escaped from its reproductive calycle; magnified.
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This protecting calycle is wanting round the heads of the Tubularians, though their stems are surrounded by a sheath.
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