curicaca
Portuguese
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ku.ɾiˈka.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ku.ɾiˈka.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ɾiˈka.kɐ/
- Hyphenation: cu‧ri‧ca‧ca
Noun
curicaca f (plural curicacas)
- The buff-necked ibis, Theristicus caudatus.
Further reading
- “curicaca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “curicaca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026