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

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calcar calcaria

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.

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

Thorax: the prothorax subelongate, narrowed anteriorly; the wings subhyaline, their apex clouded; the intermediate and posterior tibiæ with a double row of spines; all the tarsi simple; the calcaria stout and elongate.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Thorax: the metathorax densely clothed with silvery pubescence, beneath, at the sides, and also the legs with scattered silvery hairs, the calcaria white; the tegulæ shining; the wings subhyaline with the nervures dark fuscous.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Thorax: the metathorax densely clothed with yellowish-white pubescence; the legs with glittering white hairs, the calcaria white; wings brown with their base hyaline.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Closely resembling the female, but with the legs black; the posterior femora incrassate, the tibiæ narrow at their base and broadly dilated at their apex, which, as well as the calcaria, are pale testaceous.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various