capitão-do-mato

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “captain of the jungle”

Noun

capitão-do-mato m (plural capitães-do-mato) (Brazil)

  1. A vine of the species Cayaponia cabocla.
    Synonym: purga-de-caiapó
  2. A bush of the species Lippia pseudothea.
  3. Achilles morpho, blue-banded morpho (Morpho achilles)
  4. synonym of macuru-de-pescoço-branco (“Guianan puffbird”)
  5. synonym of boipeva (“Wagler's snake”)
  6. synonym of surucuá-de-barriga-amarela (“green-backed trogon”)
  7. pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of capitão do mato; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

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