avoceta

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian avocetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aboˈθeta/ [a.β̞oˈθe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aboˈseta/ [a.β̞oˈse.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: a‧vo‧ce‧ta

Noun

avoceta f (plural avocetas)

1. avocet (any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra)

Further reading

• “avoceta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10