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CALYCULAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does calycular mean?
• CALYCULAR (adjective)
The adjective CALYCULAR has 1 sense:
1. relating to or resembling a calyculus
Familiarity information: CALYCULAR used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or resembling a calyculus
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
calicular; calycular
Pertainym:
calyculus (a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp))
Derivation:
calyculus (a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp))
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