cornudilla
Spanish
Etymology
From la (an unknown type of fish) + cornūta (diminutive) + -illa, from cornū (“horn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾnuˈdiʝa/ [koɾ.nuˈð̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /koɾnuˈdiʎa/ [koɾ.nuˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /koɾnuˈdiʃa/ [koɾ.nuˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /koɾnuˈdiʒa/ [koɾ.nuˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: cor‧nu‧di‧lla
Noun
cornudilla f (plural cornudillas)
- hammerhead shark
- Synonym: tiburón martillo
Further reading
- “cornudilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025