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Etymology
Inherited from Latin musciō, diminutive of musca (“fly”).
Pronunciation
Noun
moixó m (plural moixons)
- a small bird
- the big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri)
- Synonyms: joell, cabeçuda, xanguet
1950, Josep Pla, Bodegó amb peixos:El moixó és un peix petit, que menja la vegetació del litoral i amarga una mica; té el gust una mica acre de les pastures assolellades.- The big-scale sand smelt is a small fish which eats littoral vegetation and tastes a little bitter; it has the slightly acrid flavour of sunny pastures.
- (colloquial) penis
- Synonyms: pardal, cigala
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