curruca

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Spanish

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Sylvia curruca feeding.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin currūca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈruka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: cu‧rru‧ca

Noun

curruca f (plural currucas)

  1. warbler (bird of the genus Sylvia)
    Synonym: curruca zarcerilla
    • 1921, Antonio de Zulueta, El origen de las especies (originally by Charles Darwin):
      La especie europea parece manifestar cierta tendencia a un instinto semejante; pero no es raro que se aparte de él, como lo demuestra al poner sus huevos mates de color pálido en el nido de la curruca de invierno, que tiene los huevos brillantes de color azul verdoso.
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