mabeco
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Kimbundu mabeku (“pack of wild dogs”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛku
- Hyphenation: ma‧be‧co
Noun
editmabeco m (plural mabecos)
- African hunting dog (Lycaon pictus, a wild dog of Africa)
- Synonyms: licaone, cão-selvagem-africano, cão-caçador-africano
Further reading
edit- “mabeco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “mabeco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024