bigua-aalscholver

Dutch

Nannopterum brasilianum

Etymology

From Portuguese biguá (“cormorant”), from Old Tupi migûá + aalscholver (“cormorant”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

bigua-aalscholver m (plural bigua-aalscholvers, diminutive bigua-aalscholvertje n)

1. neotropic cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum syn. Phalacrocorax brasilianus)

Further reading

• bigua-aalscholver on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl