babilla

babilla

1. third-person singular past historic of babiller

Diminutive of baba by association with synovial fluid.

• Syllabification: ba‧bi‧lla

babilla f (plural babillas)

1. the stifle, or hind knee, of a quadruped
2. (Colombia) spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus)

• “babilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16