| 释义 |
bo·to·cu·do
\ˌbōd.əˈkü(ˌ)dō\ noun
(plural botocudo or botocudos)
Usage: usually capitalized
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
1. : a So. American labret-wearing people (as the Tupian Indians of eastern Brazil)
2. : a member of a Botocudo people
3. : the language of the Botocudo people |