EYECUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eyecup mean? 

• EYECUP (noun)
  The noun EYECUP has 2 senses:

1. a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball

2. (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina

  Familiarity information: EYECUP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EYECUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

eye cup; eyebath; eyecup

Context example:

an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain

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

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

eyecup; optic cup

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

caliculus; calycle; calyculus (a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp))

Domain category:

embryology (the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms)