tapeti
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tapeti, from Old Tupi tapeti.
Noun
tapeti (plural tapetis)
- A small South American cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus brasiliensis).
Synonyms
Translations
Sylvilagus brasiliensis
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Anagrams
Latin
Noun
tapētī
- dative/ablative singular of tapēte
Old Tupi
Noun
tapeti (unpossessable)
- alternative form of tapiti
References
- Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book VI, chapter III (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 223: “Tapeti”
Portuguese
Noun
tapeti m (plural tapetis)
- alternative form of tapiti