Botocudo
noun
Bo·to·cu·do
ˌbōtəˈkü(ˌ)dō
plural Botocudo or Botocudos
1
: a South American labret-wearing people (such as the Tupian Indians of eastern Brazil)
2
: a member of a Botocudo people
3
: the language of the Botocudo people
Word History
Etymology
Portuguese, from botoque wooden plug, alteration of batoque plug, bunghole, probably from Middle French bartoc plug, bung; from the large cylindrical wooden plugs they wear in their ear lobes and lower lips