avocetta

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Italian

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Etymology

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Possibly from a corruption of Latin avis (“bird”).

Noun

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avocetta f (plural avocette)

  1. avocet, properly the pied avocet

Descendants

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  • → French: avocette
    • → English: avocet
  • → Portuguese: avoceta
  • → Spanish: avoceta

Further reading

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  • Gruson, Edward (1972): Words for birds: a lexicon of North American birds with biographical notes
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