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Caliculus

Definition: Caliculus

Caliculus

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Caliculus

Synonyms: calycle (n), calyculus (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Caliculus

Specialty definitions using "caliculus": caliculus ophthalmicus. (references)
Etymologies containing "caliculus": Calicle. (references)

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Expression: Caliculus

Expression using "caliculus": caliculus ophthalmicus. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Caliculus

Language Translations for "caliculus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

caliculus ophtalmicus (caliculus ophthalmicus, opthalmic calix, optic cup, secondary ocular vesicle), sekundaer oejenblaere (caliculus ophthalmicus, opthalmic calix, optic cup, secondary ocular vesicle). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

caliculus ophtalmicus (caliculus ophthalmicus, opthalmic calix, optic cup, secondary ocular vesicle), oogbeker (caliculus ophthalmicus, cupula optica, opthalmic calix, optic cup, secondary ocular vesicle). (various references)

   

French

  

cupule optique (caliculus ophthalmicus, opthalmic calix), capsule optique (caliculus ophthalmicus, opthalmic calix). (various references)

   

German

  

Caliculus ophtalmicus (caliculus ophthalmicus, opthalmic calix, optic cup, secondary ocular vesicle), Augenbecher (caliculus ophthalmicus, opthalmic calix, optic cup, secondary ocular vesicle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βοθρίον της θηλής του οπτικού νεύρου (caliculus ophthalmicus, opthalmic calix, optic cup, secondary ocular vesicle). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aliculuscay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

cápsula óptica (caliculus ophthalmicus, opthalmic calix, optic cup, secondary ocular vesicle). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Caliculus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-l-l-s-u-u"

-1 letter: calculus.

-2 letters: calculi, sacculi.

-3 letters: callus, caucus, caulis, cullis, lilacs, scilla, sulcal.

-4 letters: aulic, calls, cauls, culls, laics, lilac, luaus, lulus, salic, scall, scull, sulci, usual.

-5 letters: ails, alls, asci, call, caul, cull, ills, lacs, laic, luau, lulu, sail, sall, saul, sial, sill, sulu, ulus.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-l-l-s-u-u"
 

+2 letters: canaliculus.

 

+4 letters: sociocultural.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Caliculus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 6C 69 63 75 6C 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-    .-..    ..    -.-.    ..-    .-..    ..-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01101100 01101001 01100011 01110101 01101100 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#108 &#105 &#99 &#117 &#108 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 006C 0069 0063 0075 006C 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

376778756987788785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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