Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calyptura

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-lyp-tura
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The passerine bird Calyptura cristata.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

calypturas (plural)

Synonyms

kinglet calyptura

Questions

What does calyptura mean?: The passerine bird Calyptura cristata.
Where does calyptura come from?: From the genus name.

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