búzio

Portuguese
búzio

Etymology

From Old Portuguese buzỹo, from Latin būcinum (“curved war trumpet”).

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbu.zju/
  • Hyphenation: bú‧zi‧o

Noun

búzio m (plural búzios)

  1. conch; hence trumpet
  2. whelk (edible sea snail)
  3. (Brazil) pearl fisher
  4. (Brazil) cowrie, cowry (any of the marine mollusks of the genus Cypraea)
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