Etymology
Origin of calyculate
First recorded in 1680–90; calycul(us) + -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The idea of a calyculate ancestor, though by no means connoting fixation, turned men’s minds in the direction of the fixed forms, simply because in them the calyx was best developed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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