taricaya
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[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]taricaya f (plural taricayas)
- the yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)
- Synonym: terecay
- 2015 November 20, “Tortugas, paiches y gamitanas”, in El País[1]:
- En ellas se crían tanto la taricaya como otras tortugas —la motelo y la matamata—, el propio paiche o la gamitana, otro pescado singular.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- Podocnemis unifilis on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es