CALCAR

(Lat.), n. n. Ka2l(kasl)'ka3r. Gen., calcar'is. Gr., Kfvrpov. Fr., eperon. Ger., Sporn. 1. The calcaneum. 2. A spur or any spur-like structure; in botany, especially an appendage, usually hollow, cylindrical, club-shaped, or saccate, of a portion of a flower, such as a petal; in the Rotifer a, a group of setose proce es arising just below the trochal disc in the median dorsal line, thought to be sensory. [A, 322; B, 1, 123; L, 121.] See also PRS:- HALLUX. C. avis. Ger., Hahnensporn. The hippocampus minor. [K; L. 115.] C. equestre. The Delphinium con solid a. [B, 180.] [s. 20]