calcar

¹ American  

[kal-kahr] / ˈkæl kɑr /

noun

Biology.

calcaria plural

1. a spur or spurlike process.

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calcar ² American  

[kal-kahr] / ˈkæl kɑr /

noun

Glassmaking.

calcaria plural

1. a reverberatory furnace for preparing frit.

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calcar British  

/ ˈkælˌkɑː /

noun

1. a spur or spurlike process, as on the leg of a bird or the corolla of a flower

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calcar Scientific  

/ kăl′kär′ /

1. A spur or spurlike projection, such as one found on the base of a petal or on the wing or leg of a bird.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• calcaria
  plural

Etymology

Origin of calcar¹

< Latin: spur, equivalent to calc-, stem of calx heel, calx + -ar, shortening of -āre, neuter of -āris -ar ¹

Origin of calcar²

1655–65; < Italian calcara < Late Latin calcāria lime-kiln, equivalent to Latin calc- lime ( see chalk) + -āria -ary

Example Sentences

For the same reason I have always felt a great desire to receive praise and applause from polite society: 'Excitat auditor stadium, laudataque virtus Crescit, et immensum gloria calcar habet.

From The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. I (of VI), "Venetian Years" The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings by Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de

There are two genera, Desmodus, without calcar or molars, and Diphylla, with a short calcar and a single rudimentary molar on each side—restricted to Central and South America.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

It is also called the calcar, or spur, and is furnished with cilia or bristles at its extremity.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.