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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قلمون (qalamūn), from Ancient Greek ὑποκάλαμον (hupokálamon), from κάλαμον (kálamon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalaˈmon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ca‧la‧món
Noun
calamón m (plural calamones)
- the western swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
- Synonym: calamón común
2015 November 4, “Diez hábitats costeros únicos en España”, in El País:Aparte de los itinerarios 1 y 2, ambos territorio del calamón y el aguilucho lagunero, hay que incluir en nuestro paseo (si puede ser a las 9 de la mañana), el observatorio sobre la profunda laguna de Ses Pardes, donde se atisban somormujos y anátidas.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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