calyx eye

noun

A kind of oval-shaped needle eye with a slot for inserting the thread.

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Meanings

nouncalyx eye (plural calyx eyes)

plural calyx eyes

  1. A kind of oval-shaped needle eye with a slot for inserting the thread.

    I do not advise those with calyx eyes, but I select needles with good oval eyes. I should like to condemn those made with flat, expanded ends.

    1911, Leonard Arthur Bidwell, A Handbook of Intestinal Surgery, page 8
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