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Where does “avicula” come from?

avicula (Latin) comes from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

avicula (Latin): a small bird

Definitions

  1. a small bird

Ancestry of “avicula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
2EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
3Latinfaunaanimals

Words derived from “avicula”

  • avicularius
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