What is the meaning of Calcar?

  • (n.) A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor or ergot.
  • (n.) A kind of oven or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
  • (n.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
  • (n.) A spur or spurlike prominence.
  • (n.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.
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APAWebster's. (2011). calcar. Retrieved September 23, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/calcar/definitions/1983805
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MLAWebster's. "calcar" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/calcar/definitions/1983805>