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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Chinese 蠓 (OC *moːŋ) (Zhengzhang) (SV: mông).
Noun
(classifier con) mòng • (𲀎, 蒙, 蠓)
- horsefly
- Synonym: ruồi trâu
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Chinese 鸏 (OC *moːŋ) (Zhengzhang) (SV: mông), which originally meant gull, now means tropicbird.
Noun
(classifier con) mòng • (鸏)
- (chiefly in compounds) gull; seagull
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