hurón
See also: huron, Huron, and húron
Spanish
un hurón
Etymology
From Late Latin fūrō, fūrōnem, from Latin fūr (“thief”). Cognate with English ferret.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈɾon/ [uˈɾõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: hu‧rón
Noun
hurón m (plural hurones)
- (also figuratively) ferret
Derived terms
- huroncito (“grison”)
- hurón menor
- hurón patagónico (“Patagonian weasel”)
Further reading
- “hurón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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