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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Calandre

Ca-lān'drē, n.

noun

n. [Pr. & It. calandra, Sp. calandria, Fr. calandre, M. H. Ger. galander. Cf. Lat. avis galerita, the crested lark, and caliendrum, a hood, L. Lat. calandra.]

  1. (Ornith.) A species of lark (Melano corypha calandra) larger than the sky-lark, having a more sonorous, but not less pleasant note: it imitates readily the notes of other birds, and some animals. Baird.
  2. (Entom.) A genus of coleopterous beetles, one of which is the destructive corn-weevil (C. granaria). Baird.

Ca-lān'dre, n.

noun

(-dr), n. [Fr. calandre, L. Lat. calandra, calandrus, cicada, curculio, Ger. kalander, galander, probably so called from its cylindrical shape. See CALENDER, n.] (Entom.) The common grain-weevil.