musaranho
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin mūsarāneus, from mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of a spider”), named after its venomous bite.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mu.zaˈɾɐ̃.ɲu/ [mu.zaˈɾɐ̃.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mu.zaˈɾɐ.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.zɐˈɾɐ.ɲu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.zɐˈɾa.ɲu/
- Rhymes: -ɐɲu
- Hyphenation: mu‧sa‧ra‧nho
Noun
musaranho m (plural musaranhos)
- shrew (mouselike animal)
Hypernyms
- soricídeo
Derived terms
- musaranho-comum
- musaranho-d'água americano
- musaranho-de-água
- musaranho-lontra
- musaranho-pigmeu
- musaranho-quadrangular
- musaranho-raiado
- musaranho-vulgar
Further reading
- “musaranho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “musaranho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025