avoceta
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian avocetta.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /aboˈθeta/ [a.β̞oˈθe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aboˈseta/ [a.β̞oˈse.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: a‧vo‧ce‧ta
Noun
editavoceta f (plural avocetas)
- avocet (any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra)
Further reading
edit- “avoceta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014