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mutuca

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Tupi mu'tuka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mutuca f (plural mutucas)

  1. (Brazil) horsefly (fly of the family Tabanidae)
    Synonyms: tavão, moscardo

Descendants

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  • Hunsrik: Mutuck

References

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  • mutuca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Further reading

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