avocetta

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

avocetta f (plural avocette)

1. avocet, properly the pied avocet

Descendants

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

Further reading

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