macuquinho-perereca

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “treefrog tapaculo”. Their vocalization is similar to the one of a treefrog.

Noun

macuquinho-perereca m (plural macuquinho-pererecas)

  1. (Brazil) white-breasted tapaculo (Eleoscytalopus indigoticus)

Usage notes

The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always masculine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, macuquinho-perereca-macho for male and macuquinho-perereca-fêmea for female. Here, fêmea is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to fêmeo if so.

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