piovanello

Italian

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjo.vaˈnɛl.lo/
• Hyphenation: pio‧va‧nèl‧lo

Noun

piovanello m (plural piovanelli)

1. curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

   Synonym: piovanello comune

2. (ornithology) sandpiper (any of various birds of the family Scolopacidae)

Derived terms

• piovanello maggiore
• piovanello pancianera

Further reading

• Calidris ferruginea on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

References

• piovanello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana