¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cupules
1. cupule [n] - See also: cupule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cupules
Literary usage of Cupules
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1882)
"The functions of these cupules compared to those of the octopods appear to differ
in this respect, that they cannot hold by suction, being prevented by the ..."
2. Introduction to Elementary Practical Biology: A Laboratory Guide for High by Charles Wright Dodge (1894)
"Are the cupules evenly distributed over the surface ? What is their shape ?
Look for small, green, non - sexual reproductive bodies, ..."
3. Report on the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries at the University of Liverpool, and by University of Liverpool, Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory, University of Liverpool Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory (1904)
"A small species and easily overlooked. Three pairs of sessile cupules. ...
A moderately large species with a number of sessile cupules, but not common on ..."
4. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"The cup-shaped structures on the dorsal surface are called cupules. ...
The non-sexual (vegetative) reproductive bodies within the cupules are brood-buds, ..."
5. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"They have been described as species of H^hm-ia and as imperfect cupules of C.
Cerasi; but their walls are lined with basidia, producing short-stalked ..."
6. American Journal of Conchology by George Washington Tryon, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Conchological Section (1867)
"cupules sessile, large, with cartilaginous ring, not crowded, in two regular ...
On the filamentous portion of the arms the cupules are in a single row at ..."
7. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1836)
"Leaves oblong, doubly serrated, cordate, and very little oblique at the 1 when
young, rather downy : blies of the cupules coarsely and unequally serrated. ..."
Other Resources:
