surucucu

English

Etymology

From Portuguese surucucu, from Old Tupi surukuku.

Noun

surucucu (plural surucucus)

1. A venomous pit viper, the bushmaster.

Portuguese

Surucucu

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi surukuku.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ɾu.kuˈku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ɾu.kuˈku/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: su‧ru‧cu‧cu

Noun

surucucu f (plural surucucus)

1. (Brazil) bushmaster (Lachesis muta)

References

• “surucucu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN