pijuy

Spanish

Alternative forms

pijuyo (El Salvador)

Etymology

According to the RAE, from onomatopoeia

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piˈxui/ [piˈxui̯]
Rhymes: -ui
Syllabification: pi‧juy

Noun

pijuy m (plural pijuyes)

(Mexico, Guatemala) groove-billed ani, a native bird species of Mesoamerica

Further reading

“pijuy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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