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moco

Pronunciation: [ˈmokʊ]

“moco” is a Galician word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mucus; bogey, bogie, booger
  2. snood (flap of red skin on the beak of a male turkey)

In Galician

  1. Humor espeso e pegañento que segregan as membranas mucosas, especialmente o que flúe polos orificios do nariz.
  2. Apéndice carnoso e eréctil que teñen os pavos encima do bico.

Etymology

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

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