calamus vs fistula

calamus

noun
  • Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”) 

  • A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather. 

  • A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms. 

  • The sweet flag, Acorus calamus. 

  • A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies. 

fistula

noun
  • A tube, a pipe, or a hole. 

  • An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect. 

  • The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses). 

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