avícula

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin avicula. The bivalve (sense 2) is known as such due to the supposed resemblance of its shell to the tail of a swallow. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧ví‧cu‧la Homophone: avícola === Noun === avícula f (plural avículas) (uncommon) small bird Synonym: avezinha (Portugal) marine bivalves in the genus Avicula === Further reading === “avícula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “avícula”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “avícula”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “avícula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026