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cucujo

cucujo noun: any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in the Pyrophorus genus.

Noun

cucujo (plural cucujos)

  1. (dated) Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in the Pyrophorus genus
    Synonyms:
    fire beetle

Synonyms of cucujo

Forms of cucujo

pluralcucujos

Origin of cucujo

From Spanish cocuyo. From Taíno kokuyo.

Questions about cucujo

What does cucujo mean?
Cucujo means any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in the Pyrophorus genus.
What part of speech is cucujo?
Cucujo is a noun.
What is the plural of cucujo?
The plural of cucujo is cucujos.

Words near cucujo in the dictionary

  1. cucquean
  2. cucqueans
  3. cucs
  4. cucujid
  5. cucujids
  6. cucujo
  7. cucujoid
  8. cucujoids
  9. cucujos
  10. cuculid
  11. cuculids

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