noun, feminine/leˈt͡ʃuθa/plural: lechuzas
owl; barn owl (any species of owl from the family Tytonidae)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nokʷt-ewder. Proto-Italic *noktowe Latin noctū Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin *noctūus Latin noctua Old Spanish *nochua Old Spanish *nochuza? Old Spanish nechuza ▲ Spanish lecheinflu. Spanish lechuza From Old Spanish nechuza, influenced by leche (“milk”) due to a popular belief that owls “breastfeed” human infants at nig