morrillo

Spanish

From morro +‎ -illo.

IPA^(key): /moˈriʝo/ [moˈri.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
IPA^(key): /moˈriʎo/ [moˈri.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /moˈriʃo/ [moˈri.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /moˈriʒo/ [moˈri.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
IPA^(key): /moˈrio/ [moˈri.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

morrillo m (plural morrillos)

back of the neck
the fleshy back part of the neck of cattle or tuna
- 1872, José María de Pereda, Los hombres de pro:
  Juana la sintió en su alma, como un toro siente en el morrillo el primer par de banderillas
  Juana felt it in her soul, like a bull feels the banderilla in the back of its neck