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subcalcareous

subcalcareous adjective: partly or imperfectly calcareous.

Adjective

subcalcareous (not comparable)

  1. Partly or imperfectly calcareous.

Origin of subcalcareous

From sub- + calcareous.

Words that rhyme with subcalcareous

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Questions about subcalcareous

What does subcalcareous mean?
Subcalcareous means partly or imperfectly calcareous.
What part of speech is subcalcareous?
Subcalcareous is an adjective.

Words near subcalcareous in the dictionary

  1. subcabinets
  2. subcache
  3. subcaches
  4. subcaecal
  5. subcalcaneal
  6. subcalcareous
  7. subcalculation
  8. subcalculations
  9. subcaliber
  10. subcalibre
  11. subcalicoblastic

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