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Definition of Calicle
1. n. One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp.
Definition of Calicle
1. Noun. (zoology) any cup-shaped depression ¹
2. Noun. (botany zoology) a calyculus ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calicle
1. a cup-shaped, anatomical structure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calicle
Literary usage of Calicle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Florida Reefs by Louis Agassiz (1880)
"Oculina pallens Ehr., calicle, magnified. Fig. 16. Oculina pallens Ehr., transverse
section of branch, magnified. Fig. 17. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"When fully extended, the upper part of the zooid projects for some distance out
of the calicle, and its wall is reflected for some distance over the lip of ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"Unfortunately nothing is known of the development of the primary calicle in
Heliopora, so that no direct comparison of that stage in the two groups is ..."
4. The Voyage of the "Challenger.": The Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the by Charles Wyville Thomson (1878)
"The whole surface of the wall of the calicle is scattered over with small pointed
granulations. The arrangement of the septa is irregular. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"When the calicle is about 13 mm. long, fresh testicular elements cease to be
added to the primary mesenteries—those which reach the ..."
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