caramujo

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧mu‧jo

Noun

caramujo m (plural caramujos)

  1. snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
    Synonym: caracol

Usage notes

In Brazil, this term usually refers to aquatic snails, while caracol refers to terrestrial ones.