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- Spanish · derived fromcanastero“basket-maker”
- English todaycanastero
From Spanish canastero (“basket-maker”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
canastero
Today it means: Any of a number of species of small passerine birds of South America, in the genera Asthenes and Pseudasthenes. The genus Asthenes also comprises thistletails and Itatiaia spinebird. Full definition →
Spanish canastero