avoceta

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian avocetta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /aboˈθeta/ [a.β̞oˈθe.t̪a]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aboˈseta/ [a.β̞oˈse.t̪a]
Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: a‧vo‧ce‧ta

Noun

avoceta f (plural avocetas)

avocet (any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra)

Further reading

“avoceta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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