mexilhão
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Iberian Vulgar Latin *musceliōnem (“mussel”), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (“muscle, mussel”). Cognate of Galician mexillón and of Spanish mejillón (“mussel”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: me‧xi‧lhão
Noun[edit]
mexilhão m (plural mexilhões)
- mussel
- (informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations
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