cucujo
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish cocuyo. From Taíno kukuyo.
Noun edit
cucujo (plural cucujos)
- (dated) Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in the Pyrophorus genus
- Synonym: fire beetle
References edit
- “cucujo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.