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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi mu'tuka.
Pronunciation
Noun
mutuca f (plural mutucas)
- (Brazil) horsefly (fly of the family Tabanidae)
- Synonyms: tavão, moscardo
Descendants
References
- “mutuca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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