ñandú
Asturian
editNoun
editñandú m (plural ñandús)
- rhea (flightless bird)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editñandú m (plural ñandús or ñandúes)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Catalan: nyandú
Further reading
edit- “ñandú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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