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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tabānus.
Noun
tavão m (plural tavãos)
- horsefly (any fly of the family Tabanidae)
Descendants
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tavão, from Latin tabānus. Compare Galician tabán, Spanish tábano, French taon.
Pronunciation
Noun
tavão m (plural tavões or (rare) tavãos)
- horsefly (any fly of the family Tabanidae)
- Synonyms: moscardo, (Brazil) mutuca
References
- “tavão” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913