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motuca

motuca noun: a large biting fly of Brazil.

Noun

motuca (plural motucas)

  1. A large biting fly of Brazil.

Forms of motuca

pluralmotucas

Origin of motuca

Borrowed from Portuguese motuca.

Questions about motuca

What does motuca mean?
Motuca means a large biting fly of Brazil.
What part of speech is motuca?
Motuca is a noun.
What is the plural of motuca?
The plural of motuca is motucas.

Words near motuca in the dictionary

  1. motty
  2. motu
  3. motu proprio
  4. motu proprios
  5. Motuan
  6. motuca
  7. motucas
  8. Motueka
  9. motukoreaite
  10. Motuo
  11. motuporin

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