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calyculus
ca·lyc·u·lus [ kə líkyələss ] (plural ca·lyc·u·li [ kə líkyə l ]) or ca·ly·cle [ káylik'l, kállik'l ] (plural ca·ly·cles) or ca·li·cle [ káylik'l, kállik'l ] (plural ca·li·cles)


noun 
Definition:
 
small cup-shaped structure: a small cup-shaped structure, e.g. the depression at the top of a coral skeleton
[Late 19th century. < Latin, "calyx of a flower," diminutive of calyx "husk" (see calyx)]

ca·lyc·u·lar adjective
ca·lyc·u·late [ kə líkyə làyt, kə líkyələt ] adjective
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