ñandú
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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
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- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
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- ast:Birds
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- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/u
- Rhymes:Spanish/u/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
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- es:Ratites