muda

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


labro

(entomology) labrum (the uppermost of the mouthparts of insects)


câncer

Borrowed from Latin cancer. Doublet of cancro and caranguejo.

(entomology) (Diabrotica speciosa) cucurbit beetle


borboleta

desc

Kabuverdianu: barbuléta, borboléta, burboléta

Papiamentu: barbulètè

From Old Galician-Portuguese berbeleta of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:
* Old Galician-Portuguese *belbeleta, from Vulgar Latin *belbellita, from bellus (“beautiful”).
* Vulgar Latin *papilitta, from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly”).
Cognate with Galician bolboreta.


alfinete

→ Hindi: आलपीन (ālpīn)

→ Konkani: आलफिनेत (ālphinet)

→ Ladino: alfinete

→ Javanese: ꦥꦤꦶꦠꦶ (paniti), ꦥꦼꦤꦶꦠꦶ (peniti)

→ Malay: alpeniti, peniti

Indonesian: peniti

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl, “pin, peg”), via Andalusian Arabic.


traqueia

[tɾaˈkɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[tɾaˈkɛɪ̯.ɐ]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραχεῖα (trakheîa, “windpipe”).

(entomology) trachea (respiratory system of insects)


aresta

From Latin arista. Doublet of arista, which was borrowed.


mangangá

/mɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈɡa/

/mɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈɡa/

(entomology) bumblebee (any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus)


vaquinha

(Brasil, entomology) cucumber beetle (Diabrotica speciosa)

(Brasil, entomology) cucumber beetle (Macrodactylus pumilio)

(Brasil, entomology) blister beetles of genus Epicauta


acridídeo

(entomology) acridid (any member of the Acrididae)


torresmo

(Brazil, entomology) Synonym of pão-de-galinha


alitronco

(entomology) alitrunk (segment of an insect’s body to which the wings are attached)


ametabólico

pt-adj

ametabólico (feminine ametabólica, masculine plural ametabólicos, feminine plural ametabólicas)

ametabólica (feminine)
ametabólicos (masculine plural)
ametabólicas (feminine plural)

(entomology) ametabolic (not undergoing metamorphosis)


anautogenia

(entomology) anautogeny (condition where a gravid insect has to feed before oviposition)


anfibiótico

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

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

(entomology, of an insect species) amphibiotic (that initially live in water but live on land as adults)


anofelina

(entomology) anopheles (member of the Anopheles genus of mosquitos)


anofelino

anofelino (feminine anofelina, masculine plural anofelinos, feminine plural anofelinas)

anofelina (feminine)
anofelinos (masculine plural)
anofelinas (feminine plural)

(entomology) anopheline (pertaining to the anopheles mosquitoes)


antemediano

antemediano (feminine antemediana, masculine plural antemedianos, feminine plural antemedianas)

antemediana (feminine)
antemedianos (masculine plural)
antemedianas (feminine plural)

(entomology) antemedial (situated before the middle of the thorax or wing)


anteclípeo

(entomology) anteclypeus (the lower part of a divided clypeus)


antenómero

(entomology) antennomer (a section of an insect’s antenna)


antenação

/ɐ̃.tɨ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

(entomology, of an insect) antennation (an act of touching the antennae with another insect’s)


clípeo

(entomology) clypeus (front part of an insect’s head or a spider’s cephalothorax)


trocanter

(entomology) trochanter (second segment of the leg of some arthropods)


arólio

(entomology) arolium (a median lobe into which the pretarsus expands, in an insect’s leg)


lepidopterologia

(entomology) lepidopterology (scientific study of butterflies and moths)


cloropídeo

(entomology) fly in the family Chloropidae; a chloropid


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.)


pão-de-galo

[ˌpɐ̃ʊ̯̃.d͡ʒiˈɡa.lu]

[ˌpɐ̃ʊ̯̃.d͡ʒiˈɡa.lu]

From pão (“bread”) + de (“of”) + galo (“cock”).

af

(entomology) common name for the larvae of some coleopteran insects, harmful to agriculture; grub


bicho-gordo

(Brasil, entomology) common name for the larvae of some coleopteran insects, harmful to agriculture; grub


bicha-galo

pt-noun

bicha-galo f (plural bichas-galo or bichas-galos)

bichas-galo (plural)
bichas-galos (plural)

(entomology) (Diabrotica speciosa) cucurbit beetle


pão-de-galinha

pão-de-galinha m (plural pães-de-galinha)

/ˌpɐ̃w̃.d͡ʒi.ɡaˈlĩ.ɲɐ/

[ˌpɐ̃ʊ̯̃.d͡ʒi.ɡaˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ˌpɐ̃w̃.d͡ʒi.ɡaˈlĩ.ɲɐ/

[ˌpɐ̃ʊ̯̃.d͡ʒi.ɡaˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ˌpɐ̃w̃.dɨ.ɡɐˈli.ɲɐ/

[ˌpɐ̃w̃.dɨ.ɣɐˈli.ɲɐ]

From pão (“bread”) + de (“of”) + galinha (“chicken”).

af

(Brazil, entomology) common name for the larvae of some coleopteran insects, harmful to agriculture; grub


bicha-amarela

pt-noun

bicha-amarela f (plural bichas-amarelas)

From bicha (“worm”) + amarela (“yellow”).


bicha-alfinete

bicha-alfinete f (plural bichas-alfinete)


bicho-bolo

bicho-bolo m (plural bichos-bolos or bichos-bolo)

bichos-bolos (plural)
bichos-bolo (plural)


bicho-galo

bicho-galo m (plural bichos-galo or bichos-galos)

bichos-galo (plural)
bichos-galos (plural)


bicha-do-milho

bicha-do-milho f (plural bichas-do-milho)

From bicha (“worm”) + do (“of”) + milho (“corn”).