piolho-de-urubu

Portuguese

Etymology

From piolho +‎ de +‎ urubu, literally “buzzard louse”.

Noun

piolho-de-urubu m (plural piolhos-de-urubu)

(Brazil) antlion
Synonym: formiga-leão
(Pernambuco) sand wasp
Synonym: (Pernambuco) cazuza
(Bahia) tree of Dictyoloma vandellianum

Further reading

“piolho-de-urubu” in iDicionário Aulete.
“piolho-de-urubu” in Dicionário inFormal.
“piolho-de-urubu” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

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