| NOUN | animal | caliculus, calyculus, calycle | a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) |
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| Meaning | A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp). | |
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| Synonyms | calyculus, calycle | |
| Narrower | optic cup, eyecup | (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
| Spanish | calículo | |
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