cocuyo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno kukuyo.

Noun

cocuyo m (plural cocuyos)

1. (Cuba, Dominican Republic) a bioluminescent click beetle of the genus Pyrophorus

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with the unrelated beetle genus Cucujus.

Further reading

• “cocuyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28