"eyecup" in the noun sense

1. eyecup, eyebath, eye cup

a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball

"an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain"

2. optic cup, eyecup

embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina

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