tamarutaca
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi tamarutaka.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -akɐ
- Hyphenation: ta‧ma‧ru‧ta‧ca
Noun
tamarutaca f (plural tamarutacas)
- (Brazil) mantis shrimp
- Synonyms: estomatópode, lacraia-do-mar, lagosta-boxeadora
References
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tamarutaka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 460, column 2
- “tamarutaca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “tamarutaca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “tamarutaca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024