mexilhão

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Iberian Vulgar Latin *musceliōnem (mussel), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (muscle, mussel). Cognate of Galician mexillón and of Spanish mejillón (mussel).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ʃiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [me.ʃiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: me‧xi‧lhão

Noun

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mexilhão m (plural mexilhões)

  1. mussel
  2. (informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations