ñandú
Asturian edit
Noun edit
ñandú m (plural ñandús)
- rhea (flightless bird)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Guaraní ñandu guasu (literally “big spider”), perhaps by the similarity between the hair of the rhea and that of hairy spiders of the Amazon Basin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ñandú m (plural ñandús or ñandúes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: nyandú
Further reading edit
- “ñandú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014