motuca

See also: Motuca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese motuca.

Noun

motuca (plural motucas)

1. A large biting fly of Brazil.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈtu.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈtu.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈtu.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈtu.kɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈtu.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: mo‧tu‧ca

Noun

motuca f (plural motucas)

1. (Northeast Brazil) a species of large fly that chases livestock and whose bite is very painful