Calycle
Calycle noun - A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp).
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Optic cup
Optic cup noun - (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina.
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