acocil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish acocil, from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl ācōcīlin).

Noun

acocil (plural acociles)

1. A kind of crayfish (Cambarellus montezumae).

Anagrams

• calcio-, calico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl ācōcīlin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /akoˈθil/ [a.koˈθil]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /akoˈsil/ [a.koˈsil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: a‧co‧cil

Noun

acocil m (plural acociles)

1. (Mexico) acocil (Cambarellus montezumae)

   Synonyms: chacal, chacalín, langosta del río, langostín, cangrejo de río, (Bolivia) seboro

References

• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎^[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 255

Further reading

• “acocil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10