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calcar

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Definitions

  1. A small oven or furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.

Word origin

From the Italian calcara (“lime-kiln”).

Used in a sentence

  • ... The calcaria are frequently specified in the taxonomy of insects and are [...] a calcar is known as a strigilis. [...] A calcar and sometimes some of the adjacent setae are used for closing the[…]
  • ... calcars. When the tail is long (equal to or longer than the length of the hind legs) and calcars are present [...] calcar is absent in all known specimens[…]

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