calcifier

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noun

Something which calcifies; an agent of calcification.

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Meanings

nouncalcifier (plural calcifiers)

plural calcifiers

  1. Something which calcifies; an agent of calcification.

    Many species of coral are calcifiers; this is how they construct the towering structures that become reefs.

    2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 121

Origin

From calcify + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

calcifier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcifier

MLA

“calcifier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcifier. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calcifier,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calcifier.

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