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Calcar
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noun
Calcar
n. (pl.
calcaria
)
1.
(Bot.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
2.
(Zool.) 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.
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