Calcifier

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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

Etymology

From calcify + -er.

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