CALICULUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

caliculus; calycle; calyculus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("caliculus" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caliculus"):

eyecup; optic cup ((embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina)