Meanings
plural fulvettas
- Any of certain birds belonging to the genera Alcippe (Alcippe fulvettas), Fulvetta (typical fulvettas), Schoeniparus (pellorneid fulvettas), and Lioparus (golden-breasted fulvetta)
Origin
- translingualFulvetta
- Englishfulvetta
Borrowed from translingual Fulvetta, from Latin fulvus (“tawny”) + Latin -etta (feminine diminutive).
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fulvetta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulvetta
“fulvetta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulvetta. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fulvetta,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulvetta.
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