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Definition of Calyptra

Calyptra
Calyptra Ca*lyp"tra (k[.a]*l[i^]p"tr[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kaly`ptra a covering for the head, fr. kaly`ptein to cover.] (Bot.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.

Meaning of Calyptra from wikipedia

- In botany, an operculum (pl.: opercula) or calyptra (from Ancient Gr**** καλύπτρα (kalúptra) 'veil') is a cap-like structure in some flowering plants, mosses...
- The genus Calyptra is a group of moths in subfamily Calpinae of the family Erebidae. They are a member of the Calpini tribe, whose precise cir****scription...
- Calyptra thalictri is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to the area ranging from ****an and Korea to China and Malaysia, west through the Urals...
- Calyptra minuticornis, the vampire moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It has been found in Indonesia, Java, India, Sri Lanka, and Australasia. Its...
- Calyptra bicolor is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in India. It has been known to feed on humans, as well as a variety of other mammals. Beccaloni...
- Paratheta calyptra is a species of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1899. It is found in Australia, where...
- Calyptra is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis). List...
- Calyptra albivirgata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1926. It is found in Asia, including China and ****an. Savela...
- Calyptra fletcheri is a moth of the family Erebidae. It has been found in China. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin...
- Calyptra subnubila is a moth of the family Erebidae. It has been found in Indonesia. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G...