kluut
Dutch edit
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Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic, after its call. Forms with -ui- arose through regular sound change, but have been superseded by the older form with -uu-, which is truer to the bird's actual call.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kluut m (plural kluten, diminutive kluutje n)
- The pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta
- avocet, bird of the genus Recurvirostra
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Further reading edit
- kluut on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl