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calcaria

calcaria is the plural of calcar.

Meaning of calcar

Noun (1)

calcar (plural calcars)

  1. A small oven or furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.

Noun (2)

calcar (plural calcars or calcaria)

  1. A spur-like projection.
    • ... a calcar, the apical spine of the inner series must in many of the species be also considered as such, since the appearance of both, and their position as regards the calcaria, are precisely similar. This apical spine of the inner[…]1913, David Sharp, Fauna Hawaiiensis: Being the Land-fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, page 23

Questions about calcaria

What is calcaria the plural of?
Calcaria is the plural of calcar.

Words near calcaria in the dictionary

  1. calcareous
  2. calcareous sponge
  3. calcareous sponges
  4. calcareously
  5. calcareousness
  6. calcaria
  7. calcaric
  8. calcarifer
  9. calcariferous
  10. calcarifers
  11. calcariform

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