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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of atrapa (“to trap”) + moscas (“flies”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /atɾapaˈmoskas/
- Rhymes: -oskas
- Syllabification: a‧tra‧pa‧mos‧cas
Noun
atrapamoscas m (plural atrapamoscas)
- flytrap (plant)
2017 March, “Los animales más extraños de las profundidades del pacífico”, in Frontera.info:Actinoscyphia AureliaSu nombre común en inglés es Venus flytrap sea anemome, o anémona marina Venus atrapamoscas, debido a su parecido con la planta carnívora Dionaea muscipula, cuyo nombre común es Venus flytrap.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- flycatcher (bird)
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