English Explanatory Dictionary

jacutinga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga).
  2. A micaceous iron ore, related to itabirite and associated with gold.

Word forms

jacutinga jacutingas

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese jacutinga, from Old Tupi îakutinga. The ore is so called because it resembles the bird.

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