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calcaria |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Calcar \Cal"car\, n.; L. pl {Calcaria}. [L., a spur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr calx, calcis, the heel.] 1. (Bot.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight. 3. (Anat.) a A spur, or spurlike prominence. b A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.
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