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calcivorous

calcivorous adjective: living on, and tending to erode, limestone.

Adjective

calcivorous (comparative more calcivorous, superlative most calcivorous)

  1. Living on, and tending to erode, limestone.

calcivorous meaning in Urdu

calcivorous in Urdu

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کِلْس خوار kils xvār

Forms of calcivorous

comparativemore calcivorous
superlativemost calcivorous

Origin of calcivorous

From calci- + -vorous.

Questions about calcivorous

What does calcivorous mean?
Calcivorous means living on, and tending to erode, limestone.
What is calcivorous in Urdu?
Calcivorous in Urdu is کِلْس خوار (kils xvār). See Calcivorous meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is calcivorous?
Calcivorous is an adjective.

Words near calcivorous in the dictionary

  1. calciuria
  2. calciuric
  3. calciviral
  4. calcivirus
  5. calciviruses
  6. calcivorous
  7. calcjarlite
  8. calclacite
  9. calclithite
  10. calco-
  11. calcofluor

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