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Definition of calcareous
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Calcareous
(a.)
Partaking
of the
nature
of
calcite
or
calcium
carbonate;
consisting
of, or
containing,
calcium
carbonate
or
carbonate
of
lime..
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Conglomerate
::
Conglomerate
(n.) A rock,
composed
or
rounded
fragments
of stone
cemented
together
by
another
mineral
substance,
either
calcareous,
siliceous,
or
argillaceous;
pudding
stone;
--
opposed
to
agglomerate.
See
Breccia..
Calcareo-siliceous
::
Calcareo-siliceous
(a.)
Consisting
of, or
containing
calcareous
and
siliceous
earths..
Tubulipore
::
Tubulipore
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
Bryozoa
belonging
to
Tubulipora
and
allied
genera,
having
tubular
calcareous
calicles..
Corallum
::
Corallum
(n.) The coral or
skeleton
of a
zoophyte,
whether
calcareous
of
horny,
simple
or
compound.
See
Coral..
Belemnite
::
Belemnite
(n.) A
conical
calcareous
fossil,
tapering
to a point at the lower
extremity,
with a
conical
cavity
at the other end, where it is
ordinarily
broken;
but when
perfect
it
contains
a small
chambered
cone,
called
the
phragmocone,
prolonged,
on one side, into a
delicate
concave
blade;
the
thunderstone.
It is the
internal
shell of a
cephalopod
related
to the
sepia,
and
belonging
to an
extinct
family.
The
belemnites
are found in rocks of the
Jurassic
and
Cretaceous
ages..
Petrify
::
Petrify
(v. i.) To
become
stone,
or of a stony
hardness,
as
organic
matter
by
calcareous
deposits..
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.
Decalcification
::
Decalcification
(n.) The
removal
of
calcareous
matter.
Palus
::
Palus (n.) One of
several
upright
slender
calcareous
processes
which
surround
the
central
part of the
calicle
of
certain
corals.
Serpula
::
Serpula
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
tubicolous
annelids
of the genus
Serpula
and
allied
genera
of the
family
Serpulidae.
They
secrete
a
calcareous
tube, which is
usually
irregularly
contorted,
but is
sometimes
spirally
coiled.
The worm has a
wreath
of
plumelike
and often
bright-colored
gills
around
its head, and
usually
an
operculum
to close the
aperture
of its tube when it
retracts..
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..
Retepore
::
Retepore
(n.) Any one of
several
species
of
bryozoans
of the genus
Retepora.
They form
delicate
calcareous
corals,
usually
composed
of thin
fenestrated
fronds..
Calcareousness
::
Calcareousness
(n.)
Quality
of being
calcareous.
Portland Stone
::
Portland
stone () A
yellowish-white
calcareous
freestone
from the Isle of
Portland
in
England,
much used in
building..
Style
::
Stylaster
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
delicate,
usually
pink,
calcareous
hydroid
corals
of the genus
Stylaster..
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
Tophus
::
Tophus
(n.)
Calcareous
tufa.
Otolite
::
Otolite
(n.) One of the small bones or
particles
of
calcareous
or other hard
substance
in the
internal
ear of
vertebrates,
and in the
auditory
organs
of many
invertebrates;
an ear
stone.
Collectively,
the
otoliths
are
called
ear sand and
otoconite..
Chilostomata
::
Chilostomata
(n. pl.) An
extensive
suborder
of
marine
Bryozoa,
mostly
with
calcareous
shells.
They have a
movable
lip and a lid to close the
aperture
of the
cells..
Sclerenchyma
::
Sclerenchyma
(n.) The hard
calcareous
deposit
in the
tissues
of
Anthozoa,
constituting
the stony
corals..
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