acocil
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish acocil, from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl ācōcīlin).
Noun
acocil (plural acociles)
- A kind of crayfish (Cambarellus montezumae).
Anagrams
- accoil, calcio-, calico
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl ācōcīlin).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /akoˈθil/ [a.koˈθil]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /akoˈsil/ [a.koˈsil]
- Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: a‧co‧cil
Noun
acocil m (plural acociles)
- (Mexico) acocil (Cambarellus montezumae)
- Synonyms: chacal, chacalín, langosta del río, langostín, cangrejo de río, (Bolivia) seboro
References
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 255
Further reading
- “acocil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014