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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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