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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + piojos (“lice”).
Noun
matapiojos m (plural matapiojos)
- stavesacre
- (Chile) dragonfly
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 255:La persona en cuyo aposento penetre un matapiojos, no tardará en ser sorprendida por un acontecimiento inesperado.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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