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English
Etymology
From Spanish queltehue.
Noun
queltehue (plural queltehues)
- (South America) Synonym of southern lapwing
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kelˈtewe/
- Rhymes: -ewe
- Syllabification: quel‧te‧hue
Noun
queltehue m (plural queltehues)
- lapwing
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 243:Para conseguir el amor de una persona, se entierra en el sitio en que ésta ha orinado, el cuernecillo que tiene en las alas el queltehue.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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