avoceta

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian avocetta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aboˈθeta/ [a.β̞oˈθe.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /aboˈseta/ [a.β̞oˈse.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eta Syllabification: a‧vo‧ce‧ta === Noun === avoceta f (plural avocetas) 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025