fulvetta

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noun

Any of certain birds belonging to the genera Alcippe (Alcippe fulvettas), Fulvetta (typical fulvettas), Schoeniparus (pellorneid fulvettas), and Lioparus (golden-breasted fulvetta)

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounfulvetta (plural fulvettas)

plural fulvettas

  1. Any of certain birds belonging to the genera Alcippe (Alcippe fulvettas), Fulvetta (typical fulvettas), Schoeniparus (pellorneid fulvettas), and Lioparus (golden-breasted fulvetta)

Origin

  1. translingualFulvetta
  2. Englishfulvetta

Borrowed from translingual Fulvetta, from Latin fulvus (“tawny”) + Latin -etta (feminine diminutive).

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APA

fulvetta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulvetta

MLA

“fulvetta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulvetta. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fulvetta,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulvetta.

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