calcaria

1 definition found

calcaria - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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