mutuca

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi mu'tuka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muˈtu.kɐ/

Noun

mutuca f (plural mutucas)

  1. (Brazil) horsefly (fly of the family Tabanidae)
    Synonyms: tavão, moscardo

Descendants

  • → Hunsrik: Mutuck

References

  • “mutuca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Further reading

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