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biocalcifying

biocalcifying adjective: causing biocalcification.

Adjective

biocalcifying (not comparable)

  1. Causing biocalcification.
    • Such algae are usually an order of magnitude smaller (usually sub-millimetric sizes), besides, our specimens are preserved as phosphates rather than carbonates (see discussion on taphonomy); biocalcifying algae would be probably be preserved as the latter.2015 December 24, “Enigmatic Fossils from the Lower Carboniferous Shrimp Bed, Granton, Scotland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of biocalcifying

From biocalcify + -ing.

Questions about biocalcifying

What does biocalcifying mean?
Biocalcifying means causing biocalcification.
What part of speech is biocalcifying?
Biocalcifying is an adjective.

Words near biocalcifying in the dictionary

  1. biocalcarenites
  2. biocalcification
  3. biocalcified
  4. biocalcifies
  5. biocalcify
  6. biocalcifying
  7. biocalorimetry
  8. biocapacities
  9. biocapacity
  10. biocapital
  11. biocapitalism

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