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calyculus

călycŭlus, i, m. dim. [calyx],
  • a small flower-bud, the cup or calyx of a flower, Plin. 20, 19, 78, § 205; 27, 5, 20, § 37; Ap. Met. 4, 2, 19.—
  • II Transf., the outer skin, hide of animals: echinorum, Ap. Apol. 35, p. 297, 4.

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