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calcifier

calcifier noun: something which calcifies; an agent of calcification.

Noun

calcifier (plural calcifiers)

  1. Something which calcifies; an agent of calcification.
    • Many species of coral are calcifiers; this is how they construct the towering structures that become reefs.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 121

Forms of calcifier

pluralcalcifiers

Origin of calcifier

From calcify + -er.

Questions about calcifier

What does calcifier mean?
Calcifier means something which calcifies; an agent of calcification.
What part of speech is calcifier?
Calcifier is a noun.
What is the plural of calcifier?
The plural of calcifier is calcifiers.

Words near calcifier in the dictionary

  1. calcificating
  2. calcification
  3. calcifications
  4. calcificatious
  5. calcified
  6. calcifier
  7. calcifiers
  8. calcifies
  9. calciform
  10. calcifugal
  11. calcifuge

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