calcify
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become calcareous or bony; harden by the deposit of calcium salts.
uncalcified
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a word derived from
calcify.
Example Sentences
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The term squid is employed among fishermen for the ten-armed Cephalopods in which the shell is represented by an uncalcified flexible structure somewhat resembling a pen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
