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noun, masculine

ñandú

/ɲanˈdu/

noun, masculine/ɲanˈdu/plural: ñandúes

ñandú is masculine in Spanish.

American ostrich, rhea, nandu

Related: ñandú común, ñandú petizo

Borrowed from Paraguayan Guarani ñandu guasu (literally “big spider”), perhaps by the similarity between the hair of the rhea and that of hairy spiders of the Amazon Basin.