calcific

[kal-sif-ik]

cal·cif·ic

[kal-sif-ik]
adjective Zoology, Anatomy.
making or converting into salt of lime or chalk.

Origin:
1860–65; calci- + -fic
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Calcific is always a great word to know.
So is bird. Does it mean:
invertebrate phylum with characteristic stinging structures
warm-blooded vertebrate with feathers, wings, scaly legs and beak which bear young in shelled eggs
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calcific (kælˈsɪfɪk)
 
adj
forming or causing to form lime or chalk

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