abactinal

(zoology) abactinal (pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal)


abaxial

(botany, zoology) abaxial (away from the axis)


aboral

From ab- + oral; first element from Latin ab-.

(zoology) aboral (situated away from the mouth)


livro

Kabuverdianu: libru

→ Tetum: livru

From Old Galician-Portuguese livro, an early borrowing from Latin librum. Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Italian libro, Catalan llibre, Occitan libre and French livre.

(zoology) omasum (third part of the stomach of ruminants, which internally has numerous folds)


zebu

Borrowed from French zébu, from Tibetan.

(zoology) zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)


torpedo

Learned borrowing from Latin torpēdō. Compare torpor.


boga

Inherited from Late Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶκα (bôka), accusative of βῶξ (bôx), a contracted form of βόαξ (bóax), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

common designation, extended to different species of teleost fish from the Sparidae family of seabreams and porgies.

Iberian nase (Pseudochondrostoma polylepis)

(Brazil) Megaleporinus conirostris (syn. Leporinus conirostris)


instar

(zoology) instar (Each of the states of metamorphosis of an invertebrate animal, comprised between two periods of molting.)


equino

Learned borrowing from Latin echīnus, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos).


caudal

Learned borrowing from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”), from cauda (“tail”). By surface analysis, cauda + -al.

lbor

(zoology) caudal (of or relating to the tail)


artículo

Learned borrowing from Latin articulus. Doublet of artelho and artigo.

(zoology) articulus (a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage)

(zoology) articulus (a joint of the cirri of a crinoid)


medusa

(zoology) medusa (non-polyp form of a cnidarian)


cortejar

pt-verb

cortejar (first-person singular present cortejo, first-person singular preterite cortejei, past participle cortejado)

cortejo (first-person present singular)
cortejei (first-person preterite singular)
cortejado (participle past)
cortejar (impersonal infinitive)
cortejar (first-person infinitive singular)
cortejares (infinitive second-person singular)
cortejar (infinitive singular third-person)
cortejarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
cortejardes (infinitive plural second-person)
cortejarem (infinitive plural third-person)
cortejando (gerund)
cortejado (masculine participle past singular)
cortejados (masculine participle past plural)
cortejada (feminine participle past singular)
cortejadas (feminine participle past plural)
cortejo (first-person indicative present singular)
cortejas (indicative present second-person singular)
corteja (indicative present singular third-person)
cortejamos (first-person indicative plural present)
cortejais (indicative plural present second-person)
cortejam (indicative plural present third-person)
cortejava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cortejavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cortejava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cortejávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cortejáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cortejavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cortejei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cortejaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cortejou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cortejamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
cortejámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cortejastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cortejaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cortejara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
cortejaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
cortejara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
cortejáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
cortejáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
cortejaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
cortejarei (first-person future indicative singular)
cortejarás (future indicative second-person singular)
cortejará (future indicative singular third-person)
cortejaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
cortejareis (future indicative plural second-person)
cortejarão (future indicative plural third-person)
cortejaria (conditional first-person singular)
cortejarias (conditional second-person singular)
cortejaria (conditional singular third-person)
cortejaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
cortejaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
cortejariam (conditional plural third-person)
corteje (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cortejes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
corteje (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cortejemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cortejeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cortejem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cortejasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cortejasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cortejasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cortejássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cortejásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cortejassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cortejar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
cortejares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
cortejar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
cortejarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
cortejardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
cortejarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
corteja (imperative second-person singular)
corteje (imperative singular third-person)
cortejemos (first-person imperative plural)
cortejai (imperative plural second-person)
cortejem (imperative plural third-person)
não cortejes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não corteje (imperative negative singular third-person)
não cortejemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não cortejeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não cortejem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(transitive, zoology) to court (to engage in behaviour leading to mating)


choco

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cluccus, metathesis of *cuclus, from Latin cucullus (“hood”). Compare Galician and Spanish choco.

(zoology) cuttlefish (any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus Sepia)


muda

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese muda, deverbal from mudar.


altricial

(zoology, of a species) altricial (having young which are helpless at birth)


antílope

From Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antilops, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops).


calcar

(zoology) in arthropods, a mobile process similar to a spike

(zoology) in certain insects, the strongest spur located in the tibia


fauno

(entomology, zoology) faun (diurnal lepidopteran insect)


etologia

pt-noun

etologia f (usually uncountable, plural etologias)

(zoology) ethology (study of human and animal behaviour)


manto

(zoology) mantle (body wall of a mollusc)


mandioca

desctree

→ Spanish: mandioca
→ Middle French: manioc
French: manioc
→ German: Maniok
→ Ottoman Turkish: مانیوق
Turkish: manyok
→ Romanian: manioc
→ English: manioc
→ Lingala: manyɔ́kɔ
→ Romanian: manioc

→ Kongo: mandioko

[mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.kɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.kɐ/

[mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.kɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.kɐ/

(Brazil, ichthyology) (Percophis brasiliensis) Brazilian flathead


pé

→ Burmese: ပေ (pe)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pee, from Latin pedem. Cognate with Galician pé, Asturian and Spanish pie, and Catalan peu

inh+

(zoology) foot, part of the body of some terrestrial animals


agami

From Kari'na akami, possibly via French. Possibly related to the Old Tupi etymon of the synonym jacamim.

Psophia crepitans
Psophia crepitans#Translingual

grey-winged trumpeter
grey-winged trumpeter#English

(zoology) agami (a South American bird, Psophia crepitans (grey-winged trumpeter))


potro

pt-noun

potro m (plural potros, feminine potra, feminine plural potras)

potros (plural)
potra (feminine)
potras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pulliter, of dubious deeper etymology, probably derived from Latin pullus. Doublet of poldro.


asteroide

asteroides (plural)
asteróide (alternative)

/ɐʃ.tɨˈɾɔj.dɨ/

[ɐʃ.tɨˈɾɔj.ðɨ]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs, “starlike”), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).

bor+

(zoology) asteroid (any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea)


asteroide

pt-adj

asteroide m or f (plural asteroides, not comparable)

/ɐʃ.tɨˈɾɔj.dɨ/

[ɐʃ.tɨˈɾɔj.ðɨ]

(zoology, relational) Of, or pertaining to, the class Asteroidea


segurança

/sɨ.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

[sɨ.ɣuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese segurança. By surface analysis, segurar (“to hold; to secure”) + -ança.


quadrado

From Old Galician-Portuguese quadrado, from Latin quadrātus (“squared”), perfect passive participle of quadrō (“to make square”), from quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

(zoology) bone or cartilaginous structure that interferes with the articulation of the jaw with the skull, and which, in mammals, is transformed into the ear ossicle called the incus


jabuti

pt-noun

jabuti m (plural jabutis, feminine (Brazil) jabota, feminine plural (Brazil) jabotas)

jabutis (plural)
jabota (Brazil feminine)
jabotas (Brazil feminine plural)
jaboti (alternative)
jabutí (alternative)
jaboty (alternative obsolete)

→ English: jabuti

(zoology) either a yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) or the red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)


túnica

→ Kadiwéu: toonicogo


díptero

(zoology) fly (insect of the order Diptera)


ungulado

pt-adj

ungulado (feminine ungulada, masculine plural ungulados, feminine plural unguladas)

ungulada (feminine)
ungulados (masculine plural)
unguladas (feminine plural)


antenado

antenado (feminine antenada, masculine plural antenados, feminine plural antenadas)

antenada (feminine)
antenados (masculine plural)
antenadas (feminine plural)


transverso

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛʁ.su/

[tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛχ.su]

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛɾ.su/

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛɾ.su/

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈbɛɾ.su/

[tɾɐ̃ʒˈβɛɾ.su]

Borrowed from Latin trānsversus. Doublet of travesso.

(zoology) reptilian head bone that joins the posterior part of the jaw to the pterygoid


chocalho

From choca + -alho, from Old Galician-Portuguese choca, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”), from Gaulish *clocca, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *klak.

(zoology) rattle (organ of an animal producing a rattling sound)


ambulacro

(zoology) ambulacrum (row of pores for the protrusion of tube feet in echinoderms)


roseta

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wardahder.?
Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon)bor.?
Latin rosalbor.
Old French rose
Latin -ittus
Old French -ete
Old French rosetebor.?
Old Galician-Portuguese roseta
Portuguese roseta
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese roseta, possibly borrowed from Old French rosete, from rose + -ete. By surface analysis, rosa + -eta.

etymon

(zoology) rosette (flowerlike color marking, as on the leopard)


báculo

Learned borrowing from Latin baculum, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

O pênis possuía o osso báculo, e ventralmente o músculo bulboesponjoso com coloração enegrecida devido à vascularização e fina membrana conjuntiva.

2011 November 27, “Estudo morfológico dos órgãos genitais masculinos do guaxinim (Procyon cancrivorus) [Morphological study of raccon male genital organs]”, in Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, volume 31, number 11, Rio de Janeiro: CBPA, →DOI, page 1026, column 2:

The penis has the baculum bone, and ventrally the bulbospongiosus muscle [has] a darkened color due to vascularization and the thin conjunctive membrane.

(zootomy) baculum (bone found in the penis of some mammals)


acetonemia

(veterinary medicine) acetonemia (presence of excessive levels of acetone in blood, sometimes occurring in cows during the first weeks after giving birth to a calf)


agnato

(zoology) agnathan (member of the superclass Agnatha of jawless vertebrates)


ventrículo

Learned borrowing from Latin ventriculus.

lbor

(zoology) ventricle (gastric (anterior) region of the digestive tract of insects)


fusiforme

(chiefly botany, zoology) fusiform (spindle-shaped)


ambulacral

(zoology) ambulacral (pertaining to the ambulacrum)


cuim

(Brazil, zoology) common designation, extended to arboreal rodents of the genus Coendou prehensilis, native to the American continent, which have a body covered by strong, pointed spines and a prehensile tail; cuandu, cuí, ouriço-cacheiro


arietino

pt-adj

arietino (feminine arietina, masculine plural arietinos, feminine plural arietinas)

arietina (feminine)
arietinos (masculine plural)
arietinas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin arietīnus. By surface analysis, aríete + -ino.


sexar

pt-verb

sexar (first-person singular present sexo, first-person singular preterite sexei, past participle sexado)

sexo (first-person present singular)
sexei (first-person preterite singular)
sexado (participle past)
sexar (impersonal infinitive)
sexar (first-person infinitive singular)
sexares (infinitive second-person singular)
sexar (infinitive singular third-person)
sexarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
sexardes (infinitive plural second-person)
sexarem (infinitive plural third-person)
sexando (gerund)
sexado (masculine participle past singular)
sexados (masculine participle past plural)
sexada (feminine participle past singular)
sexadas (feminine participle past plural)
sexo (first-person indicative present singular)
sexas (indicative present second-person singular)
sexa (indicative present singular third-person)
sexamos (first-person indicative plural present)
sexais (indicative plural present second-person)
sexam (indicative plural present third-person)
sexava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sexavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sexava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sexávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sexáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sexavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sexei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
sexaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
sexou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
sexamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
sexámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
sexastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
sexaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
sexara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
sexaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
sexara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
sexáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
sexáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
sexaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
sexarei (first-person future indicative singular)
sexarás (future indicative second-person singular)
sexará (future indicative singular third-person)
sexaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
sexareis (future indicative plural second-person)
sexarão (future indicative plural third-person)
sexaria (conditional first-person singular)
sexarias (conditional second-person singular)
sexaria (conditional singular third-person)
sexaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
sexaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
sexariam (conditional plural third-person)
sexe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sexes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sexe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sexemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sexeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sexem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sexasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sexasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sexasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sexássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sexásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sexassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sexar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
sexares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
sexar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
sexarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
sexardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
sexarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
sexa (imperative second-person singular)
sexe (imperative singular third-person)
sexemos (first-person imperative plural)
sexai (imperative plural second-person)
sexem (imperative plural third-person)
não sexes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não sexe (imperative negative singular third-person)
não sexemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não sexeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não sexem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(zoology) to sex (to determine the sex of)


amplexo

Learned borrowing from Latin amplexum, from amplexus (“hug”).

(zoology) amplexus (pseudocopulation in which a male grasps a female with his front legs)


tinha

(zoology) common name of some insects, especially lepidoptera, whose caterpillars attack vegetables


fitófago

pt-adj

fitófago (feminine fitófaga, masculine plural fitófagos, feminine plural fitófagas)

fitófaga (feminine)
fitófagos (masculine plural)
fitófagas (feminine plural)

(zoology) phytophagous (feeding on plants)


canivete

→ Hunsrik: Kanivett

From to Old French canivet (“little knife”), from Frankish *knīf (“knife”), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”), from *knīpaną (“to pinch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-. Compare French canif.


-áceo

-áceo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ácea, masculine plural -áceos, feminine plural -áceas)

pt-noun

-áceo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -áceos, feminine -ácea, feminine plural -áceas)

-ácea (feminine)
-áceos (masculine plural)
-áceas (feminine plural)
-áceos (plural)
-ácea (feminine)
-áceas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin -āceus. Doublet of -aço.

amaranto (“amaranth”) + -áceo → amarantáceo (“amarantaceous”)

(zoology, especially botany) -aceous (belonging to a taxonomic family or other group)


monógamo

pt-adj

monógamo (feminine monógama, masculine plural monógamos, feminine plural monógamas)

monógama (feminine)
monógamos (masculine plural)
monógamas (feminine plural)

(zoology) monogamous (having only one sexual partner at a time)


pescada

Merlangius merlangus
Merlangius merlangus#Translingual

(zoology) whiting (Merlangius merlangus)


siringe

Borrowed from Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx). Doublet of seringa.

(zoology) syrinx (sound-producing organ, in birds, which is found at the lower end of the trachea)


hidra

(zoology) hydra (any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra)


cordado

Calque of taxonomic name Chordata, from corda + -ado.

(zoology) chordate (any member of the phylum Chordata)


mormo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mormo, from Latin morbus. Doublet of morbo.


freira

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese freira. By surface analysis, freire + -a.


labareda

labaredas (plural)
lavareda (alternative)

[lɐ.βɐˈɾe.ðɐ]

(zoology) Dryas iulia, a species of orange butterfly native to the Americas


vivíparo

pt-adj

vivíparo (feminine vivípara, masculine plural vivíparos, feminine plural vivíparas)

vivípara (feminine)
vivíparos (masculine plural)
vivíparas (feminine plural)

(zoology, of an animal) viviparous (whose development occurs inside the body of the mother)


mamalógico

mamalógico (feminine mamalógica, masculine plural mamalógicos, feminine plural mamalógicas, not comparable)

mamalógica (feminine)
mamalógicos (masculine plural)
mamalógicas (feminine plural)


abominável homem das neves

pt-noun

abominável homem das neves m (plural abomináveis homens das neves)

Calque of English abominable snowman. Early registers omit the adjective.

Os coolies hindus asseguraram que se tratava de um «homem das neves» de uma raça quasi lendaria, da qual, certo dia, haviam capturado um exemplar.

1925 July 4, “O homem das neves”, in Revista da Semana, volume XXVI, number 28, Rio de Janeiro, page 8, columns 1–2:

The Hindu coolies said it was an “abominable snowman” of an almost legendary race, of which, one day, they've captured an specimen.

“O abominável homem das neves” é na realidade um enorme urso, disse êle, mais forte que o urso comum e cujas garras são diferentes.

1952 July 11, Edward Wyss Dunant, quotee, ““O ABOMINAVEL HOMEM DE NEVE” é apenas um urso polar”, in Costa Rego, editor, Correio da Manhã – 2º Caderno, volume LII, number 18190, Rio de Janeiro, page 3, column 5:

“The abominable snowman” is in fact a large bear, he said, stronger than the common bear and whose clawns are different.

Mesmo a era dos computadores e satélites não extinguiu de todo as esperanças de encontrar na Amazônia seres exóticos. Outro americano, David Oren, doutor em Zoologia por Harvard, embrenhou-se nas florestas do Acre em busca de um animal similar ao Abominável Homem das Neves.

1998, Tânia Regina de Luca, “História e Geografia: revalorização da Nação” (chapter 2), in A revista do Brasil: um diagnóstico para a (N)ação, page 115:

Even the era of computers and satelites haven't extinguished entirely the hopes of finding exotic beings in the Amazon. Another American, David Oren, doctor of Zoology at Harvard, delved into the florests of Acre searching for an animal simmilar to the Abominable Snowman.

(cryptozoology, often capitalized) abominable snowman, yeti (manlike or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas)


angorá

(zoology) Turkish Angora (a domestic cat breed)


Pé-Grande

(cryptozoology, folklore, as an individual creature) Bigfoot (unidentified yeti-like animal)


urso-polar

Ursus maritimus
Ursus maritimus#Translingual


artrópode

[ɐɾˈtɾɔ.pu.ðɨ]

(zoology) arthropod (an animal belonging to the Arthropoda)


artrópode

[ɐɾˈtɾɔ.pu.ðɨ]

(zoology) arthropodal (relating to arthropods)


brema

(ichthyology) bream (fish of the genus Abramis)


correição

[ko.heɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ko.heɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ko.χeɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

swarm (large number of insects), especially of migrating ants

army ant (any of several species of migrating ants)


gregário

pt-adj

gregário (feminine gregária, masculine plural gregários, feminine plural gregárias)

gregária (feminine)
gregários (masculine plural)
gregárias (feminine plural)

/ɡɾɨˈɡa.ɾju/

[ɡɾɨˈɣa.ɾju]

(zoology, of an animal) gregarious (that travel in herds)


lambreta

From Italian Lambretta, registered trademark.


iéti

iétis (plural)
yeti (alternative)
ieti (alternative)
yéti (alternative)

(cryptozoology) yeti (unidentified humanoid of the Himalayas)


papagaio-do-mar

pt-noun

papagaio-do-mar m (plural papagaios-do-mar)

From papagaio (“parrot”) + do (“of the”) + mar (“sea”).

af

Chimaera monstrosa
Chimaera monstrosa#Translingual

(ichthyology) rabbit fish (Chimaera monstrosa)


mangangá

mangangás (plural)
mamangaba (alternative)
mangangaba (alternative)

/mɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈɡa/

/mɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈɡa/

(zoology) scorpionfish (any of the family Scorpaenidae of marine, venomous fish)


ocelo

(zoology) eye (mark on an animal resembling an eye)


pardal-doméstico

pt-noun

pardal-doméstico m (plural pardais-domésticos)

pardais-domésticos (plural)
pardal doméstico (alternative)

Passer domesticus
Passer domesticus#Translingual

(zoology) house sparrow (Passer domesticus)


animálculo

(zoology) animalcule (any microscopic animal)


sapateira

Cancer pagurus
Cancer pagurus#Translingual

(Portugal, zoology) edible crab (Cancer pagurus)


tanatose

(zoology) thanatosis (the act of feigning death)


urso-branco

ursos-brancos (plural)
urso branco (alternative)

(zoology) polar bear (Ursus maritimus, a species of bear of the Arctic region)


braquiador

pt-adj

braquiador (feminine braquiadora, masculine plural braquiadores, feminine plural braquiadoras)

braquiadora (feminine)
braquiadores (masculine plural)
braquiadoras (feminine plural)


braquiação

(zoology) brachiation (movement by swinging arms between holds)


braquicefalídeo

pt-noun

braquicefalídeo m (plural braquicefalídeos)

(zoology) brachycephalid (any member of the Brachycephalidae)


braquíptero

pt-adj

braquíptero (feminine braquíptera, masculine plural braquípteros, feminine plural braquípteras)

braquíptera (feminine)
braquípteros (masculine plural)
braquípteras (feminine plural)

(zoology) brachypterous (having short wings)


lanterna de Aristóteles

pt-noun

lanterna de Aristóteles f (plural lanternas de Aristóteles)

(zoology) Aristotle's lantern (jaws of sea urchins)


tripanossoma

tripanossomas (plural)
tripanossomo (alternative)

(zoology) trypanosome (any of a group of protozoan parasites transmitted by biting insects)


abomasite

(veterinary medicine) abomasitis (inflammation of the abomasum in young ruminants)


acantocéfalo

(zoology) acanthocephalan (any of parasitic intestinal worms of the phylum Acanthocephala)


acantopterígio

pt-adj

acantopterígio (feminine acantopterígia, masculine plural acantopterígios, feminine plural acantopterígias)

acantopterígia (feminine)
acantopterígios (masculine plural)
acantopterígias (feminine plural)

(zoology) acanthopterygious (having fins with hard rays)


acantopterígio

pt-noun

acantopterígio m (plural acantopterígios)

(zoology) acanthopterygian (any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii)


acanturídeo

(zoology) acanthurid (any member of the Acanthuridae)


acantódio

(zoology) acanthodian (member of a group of extinct fish, the Acanthodii)


acarino

(zoology) acarus (mite in the genus Acarus)


acarídeo

pt-adj

acarídeo (feminine acarídea, masculine plural acarídeos, feminine plural acarídeas)

acarídea (feminine)
acarídeos (masculine plural)
acarídeas (feminine plural)

(zoology) acarid (of or relating to acarids)


acarídeo

(zoology) acarid (any parasitic arachnid of the subclass Acarina)


acelomado

acelomado (feminine acelomada, masculine plural acelomados, feminine plural acelomadas)

acelomada (feminine)
acelomados (masculine plural)
acelomadas (feminine plural)


acipitrídeo

(zoology) accipitrid (any member of the Accipitridae)


paramécio

(zoology) paramecium (oval-shaped protozoan of the genus Paramecium)


poro abdominal

pt-noun

poro abdominal m (plural poros abdominais)

(ichthyology) abdominal pore (sphincter near the cloaca of fish)


actinopterígio

actinopterígio m (plural actinopterígios)

(zoology) actinopterygian (any of the ray-finned fish of the class Actinopterygii)


agonístico

pt-adj

agonístico (feminine agonística, masculine plural agonísticos, feminine plural agonísticas)

agonística (feminine)
agonísticos (masculine plural)
agonísticas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστικός (agōnistikós).

bor+

(zoology, anthropology) agonistic (characterised by conflict or hostility)


aleirodídeo

(zoology) aleyrodid (any insect of the whitefly family, Aleyrodidae)


monotremado

monotremados (plural)
monotrémato (alternative)


sável

(ichthyology) allis shad (Alosa alosa, a fish of the Northeast Atlantic)


aligatorídeo

(zoology) alligatorid (any reptile of the family Alligatoridae)


alomãe

(zoology, rare) allomother (female who provides maternal care for the offspring of another creature)


alótipo

(zoology) allotype (specimen that exemplifies the opposite sex of the holotype)


amblipígio

amblipígios (plural)
amblipígeo (alternative)

(zoology) amblypygid (any invertebrate of the order Amblypygi)


ambulacrário

pt-adj

ambulacrário (feminine ambulacrária, masculine plural ambulacrários, feminine plural ambulacrárias)

ambulacrária (feminine)
ambulacrários (masculine plural)
ambulacrárias (feminine plural)

(zoology) ambulacral (pertaining to the ambulacrum)


amniota

[ɐ̃.nɪˈɔ.tɐ]

[ɐ̃.nɪˈɔ.tɐ]

(zoology) amniote (vertebrate having an amnion during the development of the embryo)


amocete

(zoology, rare) ammocoete (lamprey larva)


ampola de Lorenzini

pt-noun

ampola de Lorenzini f (plural ampolas de Lorenzini)

ampulla of Lorenzini
ampulla of Lorenzini

(ichthyology) ampulla of Lorenzini (electroreceptor found mainly in cartilaginous fish)


anabantídeo

(zoology) anabantid (any fish of the family Anabantidae)


anaplasmose

(veterinary medicine) anaplasmosis (disease of ruminants caused by the Anaplasma bacterium)


anatídeo

pt-adj

anatídeo (feminine anatídea, masculine plural anatídeos, feminine plural anatídeas)

anatídea (feminine)
anatídeos (masculine plural)
anatídeas (feminine plural)

(zoology) anatine (relating to the Anatidae)


anatídeo

(zoology) anatid (any member of the Anatidae)


ancilostomatídeo

pt-noun

ancilostomatídeo m (plural ancilostomatídeos)

(zoology) ancylostomatid (any member of the family Ancylostomatidae)


ancilídeo

(zoology) ancylid (any member of the Ancylidae)


androdioicia

(zoology) androdioecy (reproductive system characterized by the coexistence of males and hermaphrodites)


anfibiótico

pt-adj

anfibiótico (feminine anfibiótica, masculine plural anfibióticos, feminine plural anfibióticas)

anfibiótica (feminine)
anfibióticos (masculine plural)
anfibióticas (feminine plural)

(ichthyology, of a fish species) able to live in saltwater and freshwater


anfídio

(nematology) amphid (chemosensory organ positioned laterally on the head of nematodes)


anfídromo

anfídromo (feminine anfídroma, masculine plural anfídromos, feminine plural anfídromas)

anfídroma (feminine)
anfídromos (masculine plural)
anfídromas (feminine plural)

(ichthyology, of a migratory fish) amphidromous (that travels between fresh and salt water, but not to breed)


anádromo

anádromo (feminine anádroma, masculine plural anádromos, feminine plural anádromas)

anádroma (feminine)
anádromos (masculine plural)
anádromas (feminine plural)

(ichthyology, of a migratory fish) anadromous (that lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water)


anádromo

(ichthyology) anadrom (fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers)


nadadeira anal

pt-noun

nadadeira anal f (plural nadadeiras anais)

(ichthyology) anal fin (fin on the underside of a fish)


fórmico

pt-adj

fórmico (feminine fórmica, masculine plural fórmicos, feminine plural fórmicas)

fórmica (feminine)
fórmicos (masculine plural)
fórmicas (feminine plural)


peixota

(zoology) common name for fish of species Merluccius or Urophycis


acasalar

pt-verb

acasalar (first-person singular present acasalo, first-person singular preterite acasalei, past participle acasalado)

acasalo (first-person present singular)
acasalei (first-person preterite singular)
acasalado (participle past)
acasalar (impersonal infinitive)
acasalar (first-person infinitive singular)
acasalares (infinitive second-person singular)
acasalar (infinitive singular third-person)
acasalarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
acasalardes (infinitive plural second-person)
acasalarem (infinitive plural third-person)
acasalando (gerund)
acasalado (masculine participle past singular)
acasalados (masculine participle past plural)
acasalada (feminine participle past singular)
acasaladas (feminine participle past plural)
acasalo (first-person indicative present singular)
acasalas (indicative present second-person singular)
acasala (indicative present singular third-person)
acasalamos (first-person indicative plural present)
acasalais (indicative plural present second-person)
acasalam (indicative plural present third-person)
acasalava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
acasalavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
acasalava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
acasalávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
acasaláveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
acasalavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
acasalei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
acasalaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
acasalou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
acasalamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
acasalámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
acasalastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
acasalaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
acasalara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
acasalaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
acasalara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
acasaláramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
acasaláreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
acasalaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
acasalarei (first-person future indicative singular)
acasalarás (future indicative second-person singular)
acasalará (future indicative singular third-person)
acasalaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
acasalareis (future indicative plural second-person)
acasalarão (future indicative plural third-person)
acasalaria (conditional first-person singular)
acasalarias (conditional second-person singular)
acasalaria (conditional singular third-person)
acasalaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
acasalaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
acasalariam (conditional plural third-person)
acasale (first-person present singular subjunctive)
acasales (present second-person singular subjunctive)
acasale (present singular subjunctive third-person)
acasalemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
acasaleis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
acasalem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
acasalasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
acasalasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
acasalasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
acasalássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
acasalásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
acasalassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
acasalar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
acasalares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
acasalar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
acasalarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
acasalardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
acasalarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
acasala (imperative second-person singular)
acasale (imperative singular third-person)
acasalemos (first-person imperative plural)
acasalai (imperative plural second-person)
acasalem (imperative plural third-person)
não acasales (imperative negative second-person singular)
não acasale (imperative negative singular third-person)
não acasalemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não acasaleis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não acasalem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(zoology) to mate (to have sex; said of animals)


afelinídeo

(zoology) aphelinid (any member of the Aphelinidae)


afidiídeo

(zoology) aphidiid (any member of the Aphidiidae)


afidídeo

(zoology) aphidid (any member of the Aphididae)


anentérico

pt-adj

anentérico (feminine anentérica, masculine plural anentéricos, feminine plural anentéricas)

anentérica (feminine)
anentéricos (masculine plural)
anentéricas (feminine plural)

(zoology) anenterous (without a stomach or an intestine)


anguídeo

(zoology) anguid (any member of the Anguidae)


anisaquídeo

(zoology) anisakid (any member of the Anisakidae)


anisodáctilo

anisodáctilo (feminine anisodáctila, masculine plural anisodáctilos, feminine plural anisodáctilas)

anisodáctila (feminine)
anisodáctilos (masculine plural)
anisodáctilas (feminine plural)

(zoology) anisodactylous (having three toes turned forward and one backward)


anobiídeo

(zoology) anobiid (any member of the family Anobiidae of boring beetles)


anodonte

(zoology) anodon (any of the genus Anodonta of freshwater bivalves)


anomuro

(zoology) anomuran (any of the crustaceans in the infraorder Anomura)


anoplotério

(zoology) anoplotherium (any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium)


anostomídeo

(zoology) anostomid (any member of the Anostomidae family of ray-finned fishes)


antenal

(zoology) antennal (pertaining to antennae)


antenular

(zoology) antennular (relating to antennules)


anticoccidiano

anticoccidiano (feminine anticoccidiana, masculine plural anticoccidianos, feminine plural anticoccidianas)

anticoccidiana (feminine)
anticoccidianos (masculine plural)
anticoccidianas (feminine plural)

(veterinary medicine) anticoccidial, anticoccidian


anticoccidiano

pt-noun

anticoccidiano m (plural anticoccidianos)


anticoccídico

pt-adj

anticoccídico (feminine anticoccídica, masculine plural anticoccídicos, feminine plural anticoccídicas)

anticoccídica (feminine)
anticoccídicos (masculine plural)
anticoccídicas (feminine plural)

(veterinary medicine) anticoccidial (that counteracts coccidiosis)


anticoccídico

(veterinary medicine) anticoccidial (any substance that counteracts coccidiosis)


anticídeo

(zoology) anthicid (any member of the Anthicidae)


antilocaprídeo

pt-noun

antilocaprídeo m (plural antilocaprídeos)

(zoology) antilocaprid (any member of the Antilocapridae)


antoforídeo

(zoology) anthophorid (any member of the Anthophoridae)


antomiídeo

(zoology) anthomyiid (any member of the fly family Anthomyiidae)


anténula

anténulas (plural)
antênula (alternative Brazil)


anécico

pt-adj

anécico (feminine anécica, masculine plural anécicos, feminine plural anécicas)

anécica (feminine)
anécicos (masculine plural)
anécicas (feminine plural)

(zoology, of earthworms) anecic (building deep vertical burrows and surfacing to feed)


aplacentário

aplacentário (feminine aplacentária, masculine plural aplacentários, feminine plural aplacentárias)

aplacentária (feminine)
aplacentários (masculine plural)
aplacentárias (feminine plural)

(zoology) aplacental (lacking a placenta)


apídeo

(zoology) apid (any member of the Apidae)


apendiculário

(zoology) appendicularian (a member of the class Appendicularia of tailed tunicates)


apodídeo

(zoology) apodid (any member of the Apodidae)


apteronotídeo

(zoology) apteronotid (any fish of the family Apteronotidae)


aracnológico

aracnológico (feminine aracnológica, masculine plural aracnológicos, feminine plural aracnológicas)

aracnológica (feminine)
aracnológicos (masculine plural)
aracnológicas (feminine plural)

(zoology) arachnologic (of or relating to arachnology, the study of arachnids)


araneomorfa

(zoology) araneomorph (any of the Araneomorphae, a suborder of spiders)


araneídeo

(zoology) araneid (member of the spider family Araneidae)


arctiídeo

(zoology) arctiid (any member of the Arctiidae family of moths)


ardeídeo

(zoology) ardeid (any member of the Ardeidae family of birds)


argasídeo

(zoology) argasid (any of various ticks of the family Argasidae)


argulídeo

(zoology) argulid; fish louse (any member of the Argulidae family of parasitic crustaceans)


pevide

(veterinary medicine) pip (respiratory disease of birds)


ariídeo

(zoology) ariid (any member of the family Ariidae of catfish)


armadilídeo

(zoology) armadillidiid (any member of the family Armadillidiidae)


artiodáctilo

(zoology) artiodactyl (any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes)


arvicolídeo

(zoology) arvicolid (any member of the Arvicolidae)


arrenótoco

arrenótoco (feminine arrenótoca, masculine plural arrenótocos, feminine plural arrenótocas)

arrenótoca (feminine)
arrenótocos (masculine plural)
arrenótocas (feminine plural)

(zoology) arrenotokous (producing males from unfertilized eggs)


artropodologia

(zoology) arthropodology (the study of arthropods)


áptero

(zoology) apteran (any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods)


arquianelídeo

(zoology) archiannelid (any member of the Archiannelida)


arqueogastrópode

pt-noun

arqueogastrópode m (plural arqueogastrópodes)

(zoology) archaeogastropod (any member of the Archaeogastropoda, a taxonomic order of sea snails)


bicéfalo

pt-adj

bicéfalo (feminine bicéfala, masculine plural bicéfalos, feminine plural bicéfalas)

bicéfala (feminine)
bicéfalos (masculine plural)
bicéfalas (feminine plural)

(zoology) bicephalous (having two heads)


ápode

(zoology) apodal (without feet or foot-like body parts)


ornitológico

ornitológico (feminine ornitológica, masculine plural ornitológicos, feminine plural ornitológicas)

ornitológica (feminine)
ornitológicos (masculine plural)
ornitológicas (feminine plural)


doença de Aujeszky

(veterinary medicine) Aujeszky's disease; pseudorabies (a highly contagious herpes virus infection)


pseudorraiva

(veterinary medicine) pseudorabies; Aujeszky's disease (a highly contagious herpes virus infection)


hemolinfa

pt-noun

hemolinfa f (usually uncountable, plural hemolinfas)

(zoology) hemolymph (a circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates)


alforreca

From Arabic الحُرَّيْقَة (al-ḥurrayqa, “the nettle”), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Maltese ħurrieq.

bor

الحُرَّيْقَة


filotraqueia

filotraqueias (plural)
filotraquéia (alternative)


urutau

(Brazil, zoology) potoo, especially the commonest species Nyctibius griseus


bicuda

(Brazil, zoology) any fish of the family Belonidae


crocodiliano

pt-adj

crocodiliano (feminine crocodiliana, masculine plural crocodilianos, feminine plural crocodilianas)

crocodiliana (feminine)
crocodilianos (masculine plural)
crocodilianas (feminine plural)


fóvea

Learned borrowing from Latin fovea (“ditch, pit”). Doublet of fojo.

lbor

(anatomy, zoology) fovea (concavity found in the retina of some vertebrates (lizards, humans, diurnal birds, etc.), devoid of rods, which has numerous cones and corresponds to the area of greatest visual acuity)


desfecho

(Trás-os-Montes, veterinary medicine) a change on the horse's dentition


esporão

[is.poˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.poˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[is.poˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.poˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iʃ.poˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.poˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.poˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(zoology) naturally growing spike of an animal

spur
naturally growing spike of an animal

(medicine, zoology) any protuberance in a body


criptídeo

criptídeos (plural)
criptídio (alternative)
criptido (alternative)

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō)
Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor.
Latin cryptalbor.
English crypt
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Latin -oīdēslbor.
English -oid
English -id
English cryptidbor.
Portuguese criptídeo
Borrowed from English cryptid.

etymon

The New Jersey Devil is one of those creatures, a cryptid, bipedal, with wings that, according to the most popular legend—though of course we've never been able to prove it—was the thirteenth child of a Mrs. Leeds, who was understandably put out with Mr. Leeds for having already impregnated her a dozen times before.

2012, chapter 10, in Regiane Winarski, transl., Mordida, Rio de Janeiro: Galera Record, translation of Overbite by Meg Cabot, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

"Nessie", como é conhecido o criptídeo aquático que teria sido visto nas Terras Altas da Escócia, nunca teve a existência comprovada.

2022 December 13, “Criatura encontrada na Inglaterra é apelidada de "bebê monstro do Lado^([sic – meaning Lago]) Ness" [Creature found in England is nicknamed “baby Loch Ness monster”]”, in Terra, São Paulo, archived from the original on 2022-12-13:

“Nessie”, as the aquatic cryptid supposedly seen in the Scottish Highlands is known, has never had its existence proven.

A sua existência é fortemente contestada pelo meio científico, que considera tratar-se de um criptídeo, ou seja, uma criatura lendária cuja existência é controversa ou duvidosa.

2023, Carlos Falcão de Matos, “Outros estranhos visitantes [Other strange visitors]” (chapter II), in ELES EXISTEM E ESTÃO AQUI... [THEY EXIST AND ARE HERE...], volume 2, A Luz do Ser, →ISBN, Pé-grande, unnumbered page:

It's existence is strongly contested by the scientific community, which considers it to be a cryptid, that is, a legendary creature whose existence is controversial or dubious.

Notavelmente, o criptídeo é frequentemente associado a fenômenos sobrenaturais e premonições.

2025 January 17, Ricardo de Souza, Homem Mariposa: Relatos e Aparições [Mothman: Reports and Apparitions], page 12:

Notably, the cryptid is often associated with supernatural phenomena and premonitions.

Há séculos, o folclore congolês tem um criptídeo — uma criatura sem provas científicas — pouco conhecido no mundo ocidental. Trata-se do mokele-mbembe, um monstro semelhante a um dinossauro saurópode que viveria no Congo.

2025 April 7, Isabela Oliveira, “Mistério no Congo: moradores afirmam ter avistado dinossauros [Mistery in Congo: locals claim to have seen dinosaurs]”, in Giz Brasil, São Paulo: UOL, archived from the original on 2025-04-07:

For centuries, Congolese folklore has a cryptid—a creature without scientific proof—little known by the Western world. It's mokele-mbembe, a monster similar to a sauropod dinosaur that supposedly lives in Congo.


canastrão

[ka.naʃˈtɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐ.nɐʃˈtɾɐ̃w̃/

(Brazil, zoology) an individual of a prestigious Brazilian breed of pigs


zebo

(zoology) zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)


saprófago

pt-adj

saprófago (feminine saprófaga, masculine plural saprófagos, feminine plural saprófagas, not comparable)

saprófaga (feminine)
saprófagos (masculine plural)
saprófagas (feminine plural)


galhador

pt-noun

galhador m (plural galhadores, feminine galhadora, feminine plural galhadoras)

galhadores (plural)
galhadora (feminine)
galhadoras (feminine plural)

From galha (“gall”) + -dor (suffix forming agent nouns).

suffix

Biologia de Neotrioza tavaresi Crawford, 1925 (Hemiptera, Psyllidae), galhador da folha do araçazeiro (Psidium cattleianum)

2003, paper title in Revista Brasileira de Entomologia volume 47 number 1https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262003000100001

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


quizumba

Unknown. Possibly related to Kimbundu kizomba (“party”). See also kizomba.

Crocuta crocuta
Crocuta crocuta#Translingual

(Mozambique, zoology) Crocuta crocuta (spotted hyena)


cleptoparasitismo

pt-noun

cleptoparasitismo m (usually uncountable, plural cleptoparasitismos)

Neste contexto, a fregata desempenharia a função de localizar a fonte de alimento e o atobá de capturá-lo, tornando a operação, como um todo, mais eficiente do que se desempenhada isoladamente. Se isto é verdadeiro então o que a literatura diagnóstica^([sic – meaning diagnostica]) como cleptoparasitismo ou "pirataria" deveria ser visto como uma interessante forma de distribuição do pescado.

1987, Mareio Amaral Rezende, “Comportamento associativo de Fregata magnificens (Fregatidae, Aves) e Sula lecogaster (Sulidae, Aves) no litoral centro-norte do Estado de São Paulo”, in Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico, volume 35, number 1, São Paulo: IOUSP, →DOI, page 2, column 1:


saracura

(zoology) rail (one of several birds of the Rallidae family that live in swamps or on river margins)


chupa-cabra

From chupa (“it sucks”) + cabra (“goat”), literally “goat sucker”. Compare Spanish chupacabras.


campeiro

pt-noun

campeiro m (plural campeiros, feminine campeira, feminine plural campeiras)

campeiros (plural)
campeira (feminine)
campeiras (feminine plural)

(Brazil, zoology) Ozotoceros bezoarticus, a middle-sized brown deer of South America


veado-campeiro

veado-campeiro m (plural veados-campeiros)


anilhar

pt-verb

anilhar (first-person singular present anilho, first-person singular preterite anilhei, past participle anilhado)

anilho (first-person present singular)
anilhei (first-person preterite singular)
anilhado (participle past)
anilhar (impersonal infinitive)
anilhar (first-person infinitive singular)
anilhares (infinitive second-person singular)
anilhar (infinitive singular third-person)
anilharmos (first-person infinitive plural)
anilhardes (infinitive plural second-person)
anilharem (infinitive plural third-person)
anilhando (gerund)
anilhado (masculine participle past singular)
anilhados (masculine participle past plural)
anilhada (feminine participle past singular)
anilhadas (feminine participle past plural)
anilho (first-person indicative present singular)
anilhas (indicative present second-person singular)
anilha (indicative present singular third-person)
anilhamos (first-person indicative plural present)
anilhais (indicative plural present second-person)
anilham (indicative plural present third-person)
anilhava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
anilhavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
anilhava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
anilhávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
anilháveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
anilhavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
anilhei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
anilhaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
anilhou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
anilhamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
anilhámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
anilhastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
anilharam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
anilhara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
anilharas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
anilhara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
anilháramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
anilháreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
anilharam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
anilharei (first-person future indicative singular)
anilharás (future indicative second-person singular)
anilhará (future indicative singular third-person)
anilharemos (first-person future indicative plural)
anilhareis (future indicative plural second-person)
anilharão (future indicative plural third-person)
anilharia (conditional first-person singular)
anilharias (conditional second-person singular)
anilharia (conditional singular third-person)
anilharíamos (conditional first-person plural)
anilharíeis (conditional plural second-person)
anilhariam (conditional plural third-person)
anilhe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
anilhes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
anilhe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
anilhemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
anilheis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
anilhem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
anilhasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
anilhasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
anilhasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
anilhássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
anilhásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
anilhassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
anilhar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
anilhares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
anilhar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
anilharmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
anilhardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
anilharem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
anilha (imperative second-person singular)
anilhe (imperative singular third-person)
anilhemos (first-person imperative plural)
anilhai (imperative plural second-person)
anilhem (imperative plural third-person)
não anilhes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não anilhe (imperative negative singular third-person)
não anilhemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não anilheis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não anilhem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(zoology) to put a bird band on (a bird)


charneira

/ʃɐɾˈnɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʃɐɾˈnɐj.ɾɐ/

/t͡ʃɐɾˈnej.ɾɐ/

/ʃɐɾˈnej.ɾɐ/

(zoology) part where the valves or bivalve mollusks unite


cifozoário

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) and ζῷον (zôion, “animal”). Compare English scyphozoan.


aoto

(zoology) The name given to several species of monkeys of the cebidae family, of the genus Aotus, with nocturnal habits, found in Central and South America.


cururu

(Brazil, zoology) common name for some large frogs of the bufonidae family

(Brazil, zoology) common name for several small rodents with a cylindrical body, large head, very small ears, short neck and tail, strong and long claws and stiff bristles on their paws


oneta

(Angola, zoology) Heliophobius argenteocinereus


espinhela

(zoology) carina (appendicular, keel-like formation on the sternum of birds)


Monstro do Lago Ness

pt-proper noun

Monstro do Lago Ness m (plural Monstros do Lago Ness)

Calque of English Loch Ness monster. First attested in 1944.

Seguindo a quinta hipotese, que é, aliás, a mais possivel, o monstro do Maranhão é um produto da imaginação popular e um caso igual ao do monstro do Lago Ness, visto, dizem, em 1925, na Escocia, e cuja existencia na expressão de sir Arthur Keith, “não é um problema de zoologia, mas de psicologia”.

1944 October 1, “O mostro marinho do Maranhão”, As Grandes Reportagens Exclusivas, in Diario Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, page 7, column 6:

Following the fifth hypotesis, which is, by the way, the most likely, the monster of Maranhão is a product of folk imagination and a case similar to the Loch Ness monster, seen, they say, in 1925 in Scotland, whose existence, as said by sir Arthur Keith, “is not a problem for zoologists but for psychologists.”

Are you by chance referring to the legend of the Loch Ness monster?

2004, 6:16 from the start, in Scott Jeralds, Joe Sichta, directors, Scooby-Doo! e o Monstro do Lago Ness (DVD), spoken by Velma Dinkley (Nair Amorim), Rio de Janeiro: Warner Bros., dubbing of Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster:

A teoria de que o Monstro do Lago Ness poderia ser um plesiossauro ganhou força nos últimos anos.

2024 September 15, Maria Eduarda Moutinho, “O 'Monstro do Lago Ness' realmente existiu? Entenda a história”, in Terra:

The theory that the Loch Ness monster could be a plesiosaurus has gained traction over the last years.

Privacidade invadida transforma humanos comuns em monstros do Lago Ness. E era isso que Fábio temia.

2024, Bia Willcox, A vida on-line como ela é : baseado em histórias reais, São Paulo: Matrioska, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

An invaded privacity transforms common humans into Loch Ness monsters. And that's what Fábio is afraid of.


tira-olhos

/ˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ ˈɔ.ʎus/

/ˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ ˈɔ.ʎus/

/ˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ ˈɔ.ʎuʃ/

/ˈti.ɾɐ ˈɔ.ʎuʃ/

(zoology, entomology) dragonfly (Common name, extended to different arthropod insects of the order Odonates, frequent in Portugal, with a fusiform body, long and narrow abdomen, rounded head and four semi-transparent wings, which feed mainly on insects.)


áquila

Scientific learned borrowing from Latin aquila. Doublet of águia, which was inherited.

(zoology, ornithology) true eagle (bird of the genus Aquila)


fradinho

From frade (“friar”) + -inho (“little”).

(zoology) slipper lobsters (Scyllarides)


jiripoca

From Old Tupi iurú (“mouth”) + póka (“to rip”).

Hemieorubim platyrhynchus
Hemieorubim platyrhynchus

(zoology) any of a number fresh water fishes of the rivers of the Amazon Rainforest and Southeast Brazil, such as Hemieorubim platyrhynchus

(zoology) any of a number of fresh water fishes from other regions of Brazil, such as Sorubim lima


gebo

From Latin gibbus. Compare English gibbous.


boi-de-corcova

pt-noun

boi-de-corcova m (plural bois-de-corcova)

From boi (“ox”) + de (“of”) + corcova (“hump”).


letissimulação

pt-noun

letissimulação f (countable and uncountable, plural letissimulações)

Compound of Latin letum + Latin simulatiō

com+

(zoology) letisimulation, thanatosis (death simulation that some animals carry out, remaining temporarily immobile, in order to deceive prey or predators)


cacajau

Borrowed from New Latin Cacajao, probably from Tupi.

(Brazil, zoology) uakari (genus Cacajao)


braquiúro

pt-adj

braquiúro (feminine braquiúra, masculine plural braquiúros, feminine plural braquiúras)

braquiúra (feminine)
braquiúros (masculine plural)
braquiúras (feminine plural)

From the taxonomic name Brachyura, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).


camelídeo

camelídeo (feminine camelídea, masculine plural camelídeos, feminine plural camelídeas)

camelídea (feminine)
camelídeos (masculine plural)
camelídeas (feminine plural)
camelideo (alternative)

Adapted borrowing of taxonomic name Camelidae + -ídeo. First attested in 1898, but of earlier usage, since the dictionary assumes the reader already knows its meaning.

af

Explorou-se a diversidade camelídea com uma abordagem morfométrica usando a primeira falange dos guanacos e vicunhas modernas.

2023 December 27, Manon Le Neün et al., “Documentando a diversidade de camelídeos sul-americanos de Telarmachay (Puna de Junín, Perú) a partir de um enfoque morfométrico clássico nas primeiras falanges [Documenting past South American camelid diversity at Telarmachay (Puna of Junín, Peru) using first phalanges morphometrics]”, in Revista de Arqueologia, volume 36, number 3, Rio de Janeiro: SAB, →DOI, page 27:

We explored camelid divesity with an morphometric approach using modern guanaco and vicuña first phalanges.


camelídeo

camelídeos (plural)
camelideo (alternative)

O outro camelideo da America do Sul é a vicunha — o menor de todos os animaes dessa familia de quadrupedes ruminantes.

1919 September 3, “As lições de vovô”, in O Tico-Tico, volume XIV, number 726, Rio de Janeiro, unnumbered page, column 2:

The other South American camelid is the vicuña — the smallest of all the animals in this familly of ruminant quadrupeds.

Pesquisadores anunciaram a descoberta de uma classe inteiramente nova de anticorpos encontrada em camelídeos (camelos, dromedários, lamas, e alpacas), capaz de atravessar a barreira hematoencefálica e chegar a alvos específicos.

2012 October 1, “Camelos contra o Alzheimer”, in O Globo, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Globo, archived from the original on 2012-10-15:

Researchers have announced the discovery of a completely new class of antibodies found in camelid (camel, dromedaries, llamas, and alpacas), capable of passing through the blood–brain barrier and reach specific target.


charão

→ Spanish: charol
→ Tagalog: tsarol

/t͡ʃɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Hokkien 漆料 (chhat-liāu, “lacquer; varnish material; lacquerware”).

bor+

(zoology, Rio Grande do Sul) parrot (bird)