sgambirla

Venetian

Etymology

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Noun

sgambirla f (plural sgambirle)

  1. stilt (bird of the genus Himantopus)

Further reading
  • Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “sgambirla”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 654
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