Biol. Also (erron.) calycle. [ad. L. caliculus, dim. of calix cup.] (See quot.)
1848. Dana, Zooph., ii. 16, note. Calicle … is used for the prominences which contain the cells in many corals. Ibid., iii. 20. Every calicle is the site of a polyp-flower.
1874. A. Wilson, in Gd. Words, 703. A row of little cup-like bodies … known as ‘hydrothecae’ or ‘calycles.’
