vanneau

common noun

from the Old French vanniel. Buffon, in his natural history of birds, volume XII, page CXLVIII, indicates that its name refers to the loud and frequent flapping of the wings, and would therefore derive from van, from the Latin vannus.

Definitions

ornithologie
zoologie

Synonym

Plural

vanneaux

Hyperonyms

oiseauCharadriiformescharadriidé

Hyponyms

Translations

  • germangerman:Kammmuschel
  • englishenglish:plover
  • danishdanish:vibe
  • spanishspanish:avefría
  • italianitalian:vanello
  • dutchdutch:kieviet
  • polishpolish:czajka
  • portugueseportuguese:abibe