bico-de-lacre

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “beak of sealwax”.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ku.d͡ʒiˈla.kɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ko.deˈla.kɾe/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ku.dɨˈla.kɾɨ/ [ˌbi.ku.ðɨˈla.kɾɨ]

Noun

bico-de-lacre m (plural bicos-de-lacre)

waxbill

Derived terms

bico-de-lacre-comum

Further reading

“bico-de-lacre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“bico-de-lacre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026