biguá

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi migûá (“darter”). Doublet of miuá.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈɡwa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈɡwa/ [biˈɣwa]

Noun

biguá m (plural biguás)

1. cormorant

   Synonym: cormorão

Related terms

• biguatinga

Descendants

• → Dutch: bigua-aalscholver

Further reading

• “biguá”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “biguá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026