Meanings
nouncalyptura (plural calypturas)
plural calypturas
- 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 EarthSynonyms: kinglet calyptura
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe passerine bird Calyptura cristata.
Similar
kinglet calyptura
Origin
From the genus name.
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