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calyptura

calyptura noun: the passerine bird Calyptura cristata.

Noun

calyptura (plural calypturas)

  1. The passerine bird Calyptura cristata.
    • As if both to annoy […] and to delight […] the authors, the calyptura revealed its presence once more in the very same year that Brooks and Balmford published their work.2017, Chris D. Thomas, Inheritors of the Earth
    Synonyms:
    kinglet calyptura

Synonyms of calyptura

  • kinglet calyptura

Forms of calyptura

pluralcalypturas

Origin of calyptura

From the genus name.

Questions about calyptura

What does calyptura mean?
Calyptura means the passerine bird Calyptura cristata.
What part of speech is calyptura?
Calyptura is a noun.
What is the plural of calyptura?
The plural of calyptura is calypturas.

Words near calyptura in the dictionary

  1. calyptrimorphous
  2. calyptrogen
  3. calyptrogens
  4. calyptrolith
  5. calyptroliths
  6. calyptura
  7. calypturas
  8. calystenin
  9. calystenins
  10. calythropsin
  11. calyx

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