Plural form of caliculus; small cup-shaped anatomical or botanical structures.
Latin plural of caliculus, the diminutive form of calix (cup). This word maintains the Latin plural ending -i, common in scientific nomenclature where formal Latin plurals are preserved.
Scientific Latin plurals like this one reveal how modern science inherited Rome's organizational obsession—even our plural forms echo ancient grammar, making scientists the intellectual heirs of Latin grammarians.
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