calcifier

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

calcifiers plural

词源

Etymology tree
English calcify
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English calcifier
From calcify + -er.
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