papa-moscas
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From papar (“to eat”) + moscas (“flies”), literally “fly eater”.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]papa-moscas f (invariable)
- Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
- Synonym: dioneia
- jumping spider (any spider of the family Salticidae)
- Synonym: aranha-saltadora
- flycatcher (any of many kinds of birds that catch insects in flight)
Noun
[edit]papa-moscas m or f by sense (invariable)
Noun
[edit]papa-moscas
- plural of papa-mosca
Further reading
[edit]- “papa-moscas” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “papa-moscas”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “papa-moscas”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “papa-moscas”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “papa-moscas”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
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- Portuguese compound terms
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/oskɐs
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/oʃkɐʃ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/oʃkɐʃ/4 syllables
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- pt:People
- pt:Caryophyllales order plants
- pt:Carnivorous plants
- pt:Dionychan spiders
- pt:Tyrant flycatchers
- pt:Muscicapids