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Portuguese
Etymology
From perna (“leg”) + longo (“long”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pernilongo m (plural pernilongos)
- (Brazil) mosquito
- black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Synonym: perna-de-pau
- (Brazil) cranefly (any fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha with very long legs)(Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Adjective
pernilongo (feminine pernilonga, masculine plural pernilongos, feminine plural pernilongas)
- (uncommon) long-legged
Further reading
- “pernilongo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “pernilongo”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “pernilongo”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “pernilongo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “pernilongo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “pernilongo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “pernilongo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025