blood cup

noun

1

: a cup-shaped ascomycetous fungus of a widely distributed genus (Peziza)

especially : a scarlet European fungus (P. coccinea)

2

: a heavy elongated metal vessel attached to the jaw of a table bird to catch the blood during dressing

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