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calcarean

calcarean noun: any sponge, of the class Calcarea, that has a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate spicules.

Noun

calcarean (plural calcareans)

  1. Any sponge, of the class Calcarea, that has a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate spicules.

Forms of calcarean

pluralcalcareans

Origin of calcarean

From Translingual Calcarea + English -an.

Questions about calcarean

What does calcarean mean?
Calcarean means any sponge, of the class Calcarea, that has a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate spicules.
What part of speech is calcarean?
Calcarean is a noun.
What is the plural of calcarean?
The plural of calcarean is calcareans.

Words near calcarean in the dictionary

  1. calcants
  2. calcar
  3. calcarate
  4. calcarated
  5. calcarately
  6. calcarean
  7. calcareans
  8. calcarenite
  9. calcarenites
  10. calcarenitic
  11. calcareoargillaceous

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