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calciferous

[ kal-sif-er-uhs ]

adjective

  1. forming salts of calcium, especially calcium carbonate.
  2. containing calcium carbonate.


calciferous

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adjective

  1. forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of calciferous1

First recorded in 1790–1800; calci- + -ferous
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Well-made bone broth tends to be milky instead of pale, thick instead of limpid, and slightly touched with the sharp, calciferous reek of the abattoir.

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Another example is the decline of species that build calciferous shells, attributed to ocean acidification caused by carbon dioxide dissolving in the seas.

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Diagrammatic vertical section, etc., to show the calciferous pillars distinguishing the species, � 200.

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They are composed chiefly of greenish-colored fissile sandstones and calciferous grits, in which we meet a few fossils, very imperfectly preserved.

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The calciferous sand rock, which is a silicious limestone.

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