calcar

¹ American  

[kal-kahr] / ˈkæl kɑr /

noun

Biology.

plural

calcaria

1. a spur or spurlike process.

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calcar ² American  

[kal-kahr] / ˈkæl kɑr /

noun

Glassmaking.

plural

calcaria

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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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

Caesura, 366, 8: —— in dactylic hexameter 368, 3. calcar, decl.,

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

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.

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

Compare ii 36 'immensum gloria calcar habet'. 41-42.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

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