CALANDRIA


Meaning of CALANDRIA in English

I. kəˈlandrēə noun

( -s )

Etymology: Spanish, literally, calandra lark

: a heating element of an evaporator ; especially : a part of a vacuum evaporating system in which the liquid to be concentrated rises through tubes surrounded by steam and descends through a central well

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, calandra lark, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin, modification of Late Greek kalandros

: a black-headed So. American mockingbird ( Mimus modulator or M. orpheus ) often kept as a cage bird

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