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caliculus

DEFINITIONS OF: caliculus

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n a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)

Synonyms:
calycle, calyculus
Types:
eyecup, optic cup
(embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina
Type of:
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
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