hurón

See also: huron, Huron, and húron

Spanish

un hurón

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin fūrōnem, from Latin fūr (“thief”). Cognate with English ferret.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uˈɾon/ [uˈɾõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: hu‧rón

Noun

hurón m (plural hurones)

(also figurative) ferret

Derived terms

huroncito (“grison”)
hurón menor
hurón patagónico (“Patagonian weasel”)

Further reading

“hurón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
hurón on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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