Etymology

crombec

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Today it means: Any of several small passerine birds in the genus Sylvietta. Full definition →

Afrikaans krombek
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  1. Afrikaans · borrowed fromkrombek
  2. English todaycrombec

Borrowed from Afrikaans krombek (literally “curved beak”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.