calyptra

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  In bryophytes, a thin, hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.
 * 2)  any cap-like covering of a flower or fruit, such as the operculum over the unopened buds of  flowers
 * 3)  Any of various coverings at the tips of structures, in the terminology of various authors; for example rootcaps and the apical cells of trichomes.
 * 4)  In flies such as the housefly, Musca, in the taxonomic order, zoological section , subsection Calyptrata, the calyptra is a membranous rearward extension of the forewing; it covers the haltere.
 * 1)  In flies such as the housefly, Musca, in the taxonomic order, zoological section , subsection Calyptrata, the calyptra is a membranous rearward extension of the forewing; it covers the haltere.

Translations

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 * Portuguese: caliptra
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Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A kind of veil used by women