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  1. Calcar
    Cal'car noun [ Latin calcaria lime kiln, from 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. U...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/6

  2. Calcar
    Cal'car noun ; Latin plural Calcaria . [ Latin , a spur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, from calx , calcis , the heel.] 1. (Botany) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla....
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/6

  3. calcar
    1. A small projection from any structure; internal spurs (septa) at the level of division of arteries and confluence of veins when branches or roots form an acute angle. ... See: vascular spur. ... 2. A dull spine or projection from a bone. ... 3. Archaic term for a horny outgrowth from the skin. .....
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?calcar

  4. calcar
    (kal´kәr) spur. a spur-shaped structure.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  5. 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...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/calcar/

  6. calcar
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kal′kar Definitions: 1. A small projection from any structure; internal spurs (septa) at the level of division of arteries and confluence of veins when branches or roots form an acute angle. 2. A dull spine or projection from a bone. Synonyms: spur
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=13241

  7. calcar
    Latin = a spur.
    Found op http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/glossary.cgi?

  8. Calcar
    The calcar, also known as the calcaneum , is the name given to a spur of cartilage arising from inner side of ankle and running along part of outer interfemoral membrane in bats , this is to help spread the interfemoral membrane , which is part of the wing membrane between the tail and the hind leg...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcar

  9. Calcar
    1. a spur or spurlike process projecting from the leg of a bird. 2. a bony or cartilaginous process on the heel bone of bats, which helps to support the portion of the wing membrane lying between the legs (Morris 1992).
    Found op http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/glsry.htm

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