'Calcaria' definitions:

Definition of 'Calcaria'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster] Calcarate