cucujo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish cocuyo. From Taíno kukuyo.
Noun[edit]
cucujo (plural cucujos)
- (dated) Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in the Pyrophorus genus
- Synonym: fire beetle
References[edit]
- “cucujo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.