calandria

1 of 2

noun (1)

ca·​lan·​dria

kəˈlandrēə

plural -s

: 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

calandria

2 of 2

noun (2)

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plural -s

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

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Spanish, literally, calandra lark

Noun (2)

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

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