gafanhoto

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Portuguese

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gafanhoto (Aiolopus thalassinus)

Etymology

From *Gafanho +‎ -oto. From gafa (gaff).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ga‧fa‧nho‧to

Noun

gafanhoto m (plural gafanhotos)

  1. grasshopper

Descendants

  • Hunsrik: Gafengjott

Further reading

  • gafanhoto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913