avoceta
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian avocetta.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aboˈθeta/ [a.β̞oˈθe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aboˈseta/ [a.β̞oˈse.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: a‧vo‧ce‧ta
Noun[edit]
avoceta 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