moco

moco

See also: MoCo, moço, and mổ cò

English

Etymology

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Noun

moco (plural mocos)

1. (archaic) Rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for moco in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• COMO, Como, MOOC, coom

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Catalan

Verb

moco

1. first-person singular present indicative form of mocar

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French

Noun

moco m (plural mocos)

1. moco

Further reading

• “moco”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɔko
• Hyphenation: mò‧co

Etymology 1

Of Mediterranean origin.

Noun

moco m (plural mochi)

1. Synonym of mochi
2. (figuratively, archaic) trifle, nothing

Etymology 2

Of Tupian origin.

Noun

moco m (plural mochi)

1. rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris)

Further reading

• moco¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• moco² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Como, comò

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Javanese

Verb

moco

1. Nonstandard spelling of maca.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoko/ [ˈmo.ko]
• Rhymes: -oko
• Syllabification: mo‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin mŭccus, variant of mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).

Noun

moco m (plural mocos)

1. mucus; bogey, bogie, booger
2. slime

Derived terms

• comerse los mocos
• llorar a moco tendido
• moco de pavo
• mocoso
• moquear
• moquillento
• moquillo
• moquito
• no ser moco de pavo
• soplamocos

 

Related terms

• mucosidad

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

moco

1. first-person singular present indicative of mocar

Further reading

• “moco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014