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ave

Pronunciation: [ˈaβɪ]

“ave” is a Galician word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. bird

In Galician

  1. Individuo da clase das aves.
  2. de animais vertebrados de respiración pulmonar, homeotermos, co corpo cuberto de plumas, característica exclusiva deste grupo de animais, coas mandíbulas desprovistas de dentes e recubertas dun estoxo córneo, o bico, e reprodución ovípara. As máis delas desprázanse mediante o voo, polo que os seus membros anteriores están transformados en ás, apéndices locomotores modificados, con ósos…

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ave, from Latin avis, avem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

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