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Corneocalcareous :: Corneocalcareous (a.) Horny on one side and calcareous on the other.

Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight..

Calcify :: Calcify (v. t.) To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

Calcarate :: Calcarate (a.) Alt. of Calcarate.

Ergot :: Ergot (n.) See 2d Calcar, 3 (b)..

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.

Lady :: Lady (n.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.

Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.

Mollusca :: Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or m

Marl :: Marl (n.) A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand..

Semicalcareous :: Semicalcareous (a.) Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant..

Calcaria :: Calcaria (pl. ) of Calca.

Cockup :: Cockup (n.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti..

Syconium :: Sycones (n. pl.) A division of calcareous sponges.

Turbo :: Turbo (n.) Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or family Turbinidae, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum..

Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit..

Calcareous :: Calcareous (a.) Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime..

Virgularian :: Virgularian (n.) Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis..

Cartilaginous :: Cartilaginous (a.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks..

Calcified :: Calcified (a.) Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous..

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