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Portuguese
Etymology
From papar (“to eat”) + moscas (“flies”), literally “fly eater”.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -oskɐs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃkɐʃ
- Hyphenation: pa‧pa-‧mos‧cas
Noun
papa-moscas f (invariable)
- Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
- Synonym: dioneia
- jumping spider (any spider of the family Salticidae)
- Synonym: aranha-saltadora
- flycatcher (any of many kinds of birds that catch insects in flight)
Noun
papa-moscas m or f by sense (invariable)
- (colloquial, derogatory) mouth breather
Noun
papa-moscas
- plural of papa-mosca
Further reading
- “papa-moscas” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “papa-moscas”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “papa-moscas”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “papa-moscas”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “papa-moscas”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024