carrao

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English

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Etymology

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From American Spanish carrao, from Guaraní [Term?] car(r)aú, carao, caraó,[1] originally probably imitative. Compare courlan, from a Cariban language.

Noun

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carrao (plural carraos)

  1. The limpkin, a bird.

Alternative forms

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References

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  1. ^ Louise Pound, Kemp Malone, Arthur Garfield Kennedy, William Cabell Greet, American Speech (University of Alabama Press, 1939), page 257

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Guaraní [Term?].[1]

Noun

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carrao m (plural carraos)

  1. limpkin (Aramus guarauna)

References

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  1. ^ Luis Hernández Aquino, Diccionario de voces indígenas de Puerto Rico (1993): "Carrao. (Del guaraní caráu.) Aramus picus picus."

Further reading

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