English Explanatory Dictionary

Botocudo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a tribe of South American Indians of eastern Brazil.

Word forms

Botocudo Botocudos

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese botocudo, from botoque (“plug”), in allusion to the wooden disks worn in their lips and ears.

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