mexilhão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Iberian Medieval Latin *musceliō (“mussel”), from Latin muscellus, from Latin musculus (“muscle, mussel”). Cognate of Galician mexillón and of Spanish mejillón (“mussel”).

Noun

mexilhão m (plural mexilhões)

  1. mussel
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