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Definition of Calcaria

Calcaria
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.

Meaning of Calcaria from wikipedia

- Calcaria was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today, it is known as Tadcaster, located in the English county of North Yorkshire. The Romans founded...
- calcaria Milne-Edwards, 1867–1871, from the Lower Miocene at Saint-Gérand-le-Puy in France, is now also considered a sandgrouse, as Gerandia calcaria...
- Erebia calcaria, or Lorkovic's br****y ringlet, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Alps. The species inhabits southern exposed...
- Merrifieldia Species: M. calcarius Binomial name Merrifieldia calcarius (Lederer, 1870) Synonyms Pterophorus calcarius Lederer, 1870 Merrifieldia calcaria...
- a large cylindrical cavity dug directly into the slope: it is a fornax calcaria, a lime production plant; all the rooms of the large building (one of which...
- "Plataea calcaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23. "Plataea calcaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23. "Plataea calcaria species...
- Namea calcaria is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1984 by Australian arachnologist...
- Saint-Chély-d'Apcher in France. The Romans built a settlement and named it Calcaria from the Latin word for lime, reflecting the importance of the area's limestone...
- of Magnesian Limestone from the quarries near the Roman settlement of Calcaria (Tadcaster). There is evidence that the Emperor Hadrian visited in 122...
- Phyllobrostis calcaria is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. Endemic to South Africa, it is only known from Pretoria, its type locality. The wingspan is...