calycle (kalikl)

[L. calyculus, dim. of calyx ( calyc- ), a calyx: see calyx, and cf. cal i cula.] 1. In bot., an outer acce ory calyx, or set of leaflets or bracts looking like a calyx, as in the pink. Also called calyculus.-2. In zoöl., a calice or little calyx; some part of a zoöphyte like or likened to the calyx of a plant. Specifically-(a) In corals, the cup-cell or corallite in which each polypite or individual polyp of a polypidom is lodged. (b) În Hydrozoa, the receptacle in which a polypite is lodged, as in the calyptoblastic hydrozoans; a hydrotheca. Also calice , calicle , and calycule . calycled (kal'i-kld), a. [ calycle + -ed2.] Same as calyculate . calycoid, calycoideous (kal'i-koid, kal-i-koi'de-us), a. [ καλυκοειδής , contr. καλυκώδης , like a budding flower, κάλυξ ( καλυκ- ), calyx, + εἶδος , form.] In bot . and zoöl ., like a calyx in form, color, or appearance. Calycophora (kal-i-kof'ō-rä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of calycophorus, ming on the surface of tropical seas, trailing their long chain of appendages after them as they dart forward with a rhythmical movement according with the simultaneous contractions of the nectocalyces or swimming-bells with which they are provided. There are several families, of which Diphyidæ and Hippopodiidæ are the leading ones. The Calycophora constitute with the Physophora the subcla Siphonophora (which see). Also Calycophoridæ. Calycophoræ (kal-i-kof'ō-rē), n. pl. [NL.] Same as Calycophora. calycophoran (kal-i-kof'ō-ran), a. and n. I. a. Of or pertaining to the Calycophora. lymena. from the genus Calymene. Calymma (ka-lim'ä), n. [NL., noctuid moths. Hübner, 1816.-2. The typical genus of etenophorans of the family Calymmida. Eschscholtz, 1829.