Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun optic_cup

1 sense of optic cup

Sense 1
optic cup, eyecup -- ((embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina)
       => calyculus, caliculus, calycle -- (a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp))