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calcar
(gcide) | Hippocampus \Hip`po*cam"pus\, n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. ? a
hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); "i`ppos horse + ? to bend.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore
quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or
other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in
Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.
--Fairholt.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species
in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those
of a horse; -- called also sea horse.
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Note: They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling
to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail.
The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the
eggs till hatched.
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3. (Zool.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white
matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger
is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The
smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and
calcar.
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Calcar
(gcide) | Calcar \Cal"car\, n. [L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis,
lime. See Calx.] (Glass manuf.)
A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the
calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into
frit. --Ure.
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Calcar
(gcide) | 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.
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2. (Zool.) 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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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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calcareous
(encz) | calcareous,vápenatý Jiří Šmoldascalcareous,vápenný Jiří Šmoldascalcareous,vápnitý Jiří Šmoldas |
Argillo-calcareous
(gcide) | Argillo-calcareous \Ar*gil`lo-cal*ca"re*ous\, a.
Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.
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Bicalcarate
(gcide) | Bicalcarate \Bi*cal"ca*rate\, a. [Pref. bi- + calcarate.]
Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.
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calcar
(gcide) | Hippocampus \Hip`po*cam"pus\, n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. ? a
hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); "i`ppos horse + ? to bend.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore
quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or
other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in
Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.
--Fairholt.
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2. (Zool.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species
in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those
of a horse; -- called also sea horse.
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Note: They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling
to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail.
The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the
eggs till hatched.
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3. (Zool.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white
matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger
is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The
smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and
calcar.
[1913 Webster]Calcar \Cal"car\, n. [L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis,
lime. See Calx.] (Glass manuf.)
A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the
calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into
frit. --Ure.
[1913 Webster]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.
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2. (Zool.) 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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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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Calcarate
(gcide) | Calcarate \Cal"ca*rate\, Calcarated \Cal"ca*ra`ted\, a. [LL.
calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar.]
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1. (Bot.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and
larkspur; spurred. --Gray.
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2. (Zool.) Armed with a spur.
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Calcarated
(gcide) | Calcarate \Cal"ca*rate\, Calcarated \Cal"ca*ra`ted\, a. [LL.
calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar.]
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1. (Bot.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and
larkspur; spurred. --Gray.
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2. (Zool.) Armed with a spur.
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Calcareo-argillaceous
(gcide) | Calcareo-argillaceous \Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous\, a.
consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous
earths.
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Calcareo-bituminous
(gcide) | Calcareo-bituminous \Cal*ca"re*o-bi*tu"mi*nous\, a.
Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. --Lyell.
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Calcareo-siliceous
(gcide) | Calcareo-siliceous \Cal*ca"re*o-si*li"ceous\, a.
Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.
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Calcareous
(gcide) | Calcareous \Cal*ca"re*ous\, a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime.
See Calx.]
Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate;
consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate
of lime.
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Calcareous spar. See as Calcite.
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Calcareous sinter
(gcide) | Sinter \Sin"ter\, n. [G. Cf. Cinder.] (Min.)
Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when
hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.
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Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed
by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa;
travertine.
Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite.
Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal;
especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a
pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.
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calcareous spar
(gcide) | Calcite \Cal"cite\ (k[a^]l"s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis,
lime.] (Min.)
Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral
in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from
aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble.
Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.
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Note: Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is
foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute
rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and
calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in
caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric
mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar
origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed
from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a
transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double
refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly
refracting spar.
[1913 Webster]Calcareous \Cal*ca"re*ous\, a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime.
See Calx.]
Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate;
consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate
of lime.
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Calcareous spar. See as Calcite.
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Calcareous spar
(gcide) | Calcite \Cal"cite\ (k[a^]l"s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis,
lime.] (Min.)
Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral
in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from
aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble.
Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.
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Note: Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is
foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute
rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and
calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in
caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric
mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar
origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed
from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a
transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double
refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly
refracting spar.
[1913 Webster]Calcareous \Cal*ca"re*ous\, a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime.
See Calx.]
Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate;
consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate
of lime.
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Calcareous spar. See as Calcite.
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calcareous tufa
(gcide) | Tufa \Tu"fa\, [It. fufo soft, sandy stone, L. tofus, tophus. Cf.
Tofus, Toph, and Tophin.] (Min.)
(a) A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water,
usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.
(b) A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of
consolidated cinders, or scoria.
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Calcareousness
(gcide) | Calcareousness \Cal*ca"re*ous*ness\, n.
Quality of being calcareous.
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Calcaria
(gcide) | 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.
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2. (Zool.) 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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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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Calcariferous
(gcide) | Calcariferous \Cal`ca*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. calcarius of lime +
ferous.]
Lime-yielding; calciferous
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Calcarine
(gcide) | Calcarine \Cal"ca*rine\, a. (Anat.)
Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.
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Calcarius Lapponicus
(gcide) | Longspur \Long"spur`\, n. [So called from the length of the hind
claw.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus
Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The
Lapland longspur (Calcarius Lapponicus), the
chestnut-colored longspur (Calcarius ornatus), and other
species, inhabit the United States.
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Calcarius ornatus
(gcide) | Longspur \Long"spur`\, n. [So called from the length of the hind
claw.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus
Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The
Lapland longspur (Calcarius Lapponicus), the
chestnut-colored longspur (Calcarius ornatus), and other
species, inhabit the United States.
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Corneocalcareous
(gcide) | Corneocalcareous \Cor"ne*o*cal*ca"re*ous\
(k?rn?-?-k?l-k?"r?-?s), a.
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1. (Zool.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous
materials, as some shells and corals.
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2. Horny on one side and calcareous on the other.
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hepar sulphuris calcareum
(gcide) | Hepar \He"par\, n. [L. hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr. ?.]
1. (Old Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown
color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing
sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium),
and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called
also hepar sulphuris.
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2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance;
specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also
hepar sulphuris calcareum (?).
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Hepar antimonii(Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown
color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with
alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of
the alkalies; -- called also liver of antimony.
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Lates calcarifer
(gcide) | Lates \La"tes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a fish of the Nile.] (Zool.)
A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species ({Lates
Niloticus}) inhabits the Nile, and another ({Lates
calcarifer}) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers.
They are valued as food fishes.
[1913 Webster]Cockup \Cock"up\, n. (Zool.)
A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India ({Lates
calcarifer}); -- also called begti.
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Micaceo-calcareous
(gcide) | Micaceo-calcareous \Mi*ca`ce*o-cal*ca"re*ous\, a. (Geol.)
Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime;
-- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime.
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Semicalcareous
(gcide) | Semicalcareous \Sem`i*cal*ca"re*ous\, a.
Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant.
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Silicicalcareous
(gcide) | Silicicalcareous \Si*lic`i*cal*ca"re*ous\, a.
Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.
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aquilegia scopulorum calcarea
(wn) | Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea
n 1: columbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue
flowers [syn: blue columbine, Aquilegia caerulea,
Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea] |
calcareous
(wn) | calcareous
adj 1: composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate
or calcite or chalk [syn: calcareous, chalky] |
calcarine fissure
(wn) | calcarine fissure
n 1: a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the
cerebrum [syn: calcarine sulcus, calcarine fissure] |
calcarine sulcus
(wn) | calcarine sulcus
n 1: a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the
cerebrum [syn: calcarine sulcus, calcarine fissure] |
callitris calcarata
(wn) | Callitris calcarata
n 1: Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and
numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin
[syn: black cypress pine, red cypress pine, {Callitris
endlicheri}, Callitris calcarata] |
lates calcarifer
(wn) | Lates calcarifer
n 1: a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating
qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater
habitats [syn: barramundi, giant perch, {giant
seaperch}, Asian seabass, white seabass, {Lates
calcarifer}] |
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