carapuço

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Portuguese

Etymology

From carapuça.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -usu
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧pu‧ço

Noun

carapuço m (plural carapuços)

  1. hood (cap made of wool or other fabric, generally conical in shape)
  2. conical shaped bag, used as a filter for infusing coffee
  3. (ornithology) Sylvia atricapilla (small bird, from the Silviidae family, common in Portugal, especially in wooded areas, has greyish plumage, lighter on the belly, with the top of the head black (male) or reddish (female))

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