cal·car¹

(kăl′kär′)

n. pl. cal·car·i·a (kăl-kâr′ē-ə)

A spur or spurlike projection, such as one found on the base of a petal or on the wing or leg of a bird.

[Latin, spur, from calx, calc-, heel.]

cal·car²

(kăl′kär′)

A furnace formerly used in glassmaking for calcination of materials into frit.

[Italian calcara, from Late Latin calcāria (fornāx), lime(-kiln), from Latin, feminine of calcārius, of lime; see calcareous.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

calcar

(ˈkælˌkɑː)

n, pl calcaria (kælˈkɛərɪə)

(Biology) a spur or spurlike process, as on the leg of a bird or the corolla of a flower

[C19: from Latin, from calx heel]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

cal•car

(ˈkæl kɑr)

n., pl. cal•car•i•a (kælˈkɛər i ə)
Biol.

a spur or spurlike process.

[< Latin: spur]

cal′ca•rate`, adj.

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

A well-developed interfemoral membrane is supported by calcars which have no lobe of skin beneath them.

Morphometric Variability in Horseshoe Bat Species, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and Rhinolophus lepidus Captured from District Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

volans]; Parker and others 1997), 2 possess prominent keels on their calcars (M.

First records of Yuma Myotis (Myotis yumanensis) in Alaska

Tail does not extend beyond the inter-femoral membrane which is supported by calcars. Female have two pectoral mammae with two more false teats in the pubic region.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST RECORD OF THE INDIAN FALSE VAMPIRE BAT (Megaderma lyra) E. Geoffroy 1810 (RHINOPOMATIDAE: CHIROPTERA) CAPTURED FROM NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN

Felix Kramer, founder of CalCars.org, says it will all--eventually--work out.

Plugging in: readying the grid--and cities--for electric cars to come

According to the California Cars Initiative (CalCars), which promotes plug-in hybrids, Americans recharging their plug-ins via a regular 120V outlet should expect to pay about $1 per gallon equivalent.

Dear EarthTalk: with plug-in hybrid and electric cars due to hit the roads sometime soon, will there be places to plug them in besides at home?

My hunch was correct: this bat had calcars, long pieces of cartilage that proved to be early adaptations for flight, not for catching insects as had been previously thought.

Batting order: how a 52-million-year-old fossil settled a longstanding debate on the evolution of bats

and CalCars, that claim PHEV30s can achieve 100 mpg.

The road not yet taken: to end our dependence on rapidly dwindling oil supplies, switching to hybrid vehicles and ethanol fuel from corn simply isn't enough

CalCars, a PHEV advocacy group, working with EnergyCS, has developed a conversion kit for retrofitting the Toyota Prius to PHEV status.

Progress on plug-ins: some see plug-in technology as the next evolution of hybrid vehicles; easier for regulators to monitor power plants than mobile sources

Americans for Energy Independence noted that the cartoon, titled "Bettah!," was conceived by CalCars.org, the California Cars Initiative.

New Online Cartoon Touts Benefits of Plug-in Hybrids

(NASDAQ:EEEI), Danbury, Conn., a leading provider of advanced battery technologies and associated systems, is developing a custom-designed prototype battery pack for CalCars' Toyota PRIUS+ Test Vehicle, which is the centerpiece of the California Cars Initiative (CalCars) program promoting the commercial use and mass production of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV).

ELECTRO ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TO POWER HYBRID VEHICLES

calcar

cal·car 1

cal·car 2

calcar

cal•car

cal·car¹

cal·car²