pinacate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pīnacatl (“type of flightless beetle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pinaˈkate/ [pi.naˈka.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: pi‧na‧ca‧te

Noun

pinacate m (plural pinacates)

  1. (Mexico) pinacate beetle, stink beetle
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) harvestman (spiderlike arachnid), daddy longlegs

Further reading

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