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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi musũ.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ũ
- Hyphenation: mu‧çum
Noun
muçum m (plural muçuns)
- (Brazil) marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus)
References
Further reading
- “muçum” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “muçum”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “muçum”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “muçum”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “muçum”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024