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puxi

Syllables: Pu·xi

puxi noun: the edible larvae of various flies of the genus Ephydra, found in the alkaline lakes of western North America.

Noun

puxi pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The edible larvae of various flies of the genus Ephydra, found in the alkaline lakes of western North America.
    • The most singular food, in all probability, is that larvæ of a fly, common in certain portions of California and known as Ephydra. […] Not only the eggs, but the larvæ, themselves a disagreeable-looking worm, are used as food under the name of puxi.1904, “Curious Foods”, in Pacific Medical Journal, volume 47, page 691
    • The "larvae", furthermore, are said to be eaten as puxi, so that the miraculous corixids are eaten in four different forms under as many names.1957, Edward Smith Deevey, Limnologic Studies in Middle America: With a Chapter on Aztec Limnology

Proper noun capitalized: Puxi

Puxi

  1. The central area of Shanghai, China, particularly Huangpu District.
    • Shanghai's Puxi district, on the west bank of the Huangpu River, could become the focus for the city's financial community, like Central.
    • There are 10 areas within Puxi, the most famous of which is Huangpu. It accommodates the Bund, the traditional commercial hub of Shanghai.1994 December 6, Richard Warren, “Territory 'model' for Shanghai”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2021

Forms of puxi

alternative formP'u-hsi

Origin of puxi

From a Native American language.

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 浦西 (Pǔxī, literally “West Bank”), derived from its position west of the Huangpu River.

Questions about puxi

What does puxi mean?
Puxi means the edible larvae of various flies of the genus Ephydra, found in the alkaline lakes of western North America.
What part of speech is puxi?
Puxi can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near puxi in the dictionary

  1. Puvret
  2. PUVs
  3. Puwa
  4. puwainaphycin
  5. puwainaphycins
  6. puxi
  7. Puxian
  8. Puxian Min
  9. puxies
  10. Puxton
  11. puxy

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