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A sucker on the feet of certain flies
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cupule
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Wikipedia
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A cupule is a small structure shaped like a cup, including: In archeology : a circular man-made hollow on the surface of a rock or a rock slab; also a cupstone . In botany: the base of an acorn, see calybium and cupule . In entomology : A sucker on the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cupule \Cu"pule\ (k?"p?l), n. [See Cupola .] (Bot.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc. (Zo["o]l.) A sucker or acetabulum.
Wiktionary
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n. Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn [syn: acorn cup ] a sucker on the feet of certain flies