Calcifying

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of calcify form-of, gerund, participle, present

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callousfirmfossilizehardenindurateossify

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"Decreases in carbonate ions can make building and maintaining shells and other calcium carbonate structures difficult for calcifying organisms such as oysters, clams, sea urchins, shallow water corals, deep sea corals, and calcareous plankton."

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