oceddu de la morte
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Sicilian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “death bird”. Compare English deathbird.
Noun[edit]
oceddu de la morte m (plural oceddi de la morte) (Salento)
- owl
- Synonyms: cuccu, jacobbu, varvajanni
References[edit]
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 508: “il gufo (l'allocco)” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it