Word: calyptras
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ca
lyp
tras
Definition: Plural of calyptra; the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy
Morphemes:
Affix: calyptra
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: In flies such as the housefly, Musca, in the taxonomic order Diptera, zoological section Schizophora, subsection Calyptrata, the calyptra is a membranous rearward extension of the forewing; it covers the haltere.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: καλύπτρα
Language: grc
Decoded: kaluptra
Meaning: covering or veiling
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.