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Portuguese
Etymology
From piolho + de + urubu, literally “buzzard louse”.
Noun
piolho-de-urubu m (plural piolhos-de-urubu)
- (Brazil) antlion
- Synonym: formiga-leão
- (Pernambuco) sand wasp
- Synonym: (Pernambuco) cazuza
- (Bahia) tree of Dictyoloma vandellianum
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