Word: calyptrate
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ca
lyp
trate
Definition: Any insect of the taxon Calyptratae
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: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a thing characterised by the specified thing