Etymology

cucujo

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Today it means: Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in the Pyrophorus genus Full definition →

Spanish cocuyo ← Taíno kokuyo
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  1. Taíno · borrowed fromkokuyo
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcocuyo
  3. English todaycucujo

From Spanish cocuyo. From Taíno kokuyo.

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