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Where does “pinacate” come from?

pinacate (Spanish) comes from Classical Nahuatl pīnacatl — type of flightless beetle.

pinacate (Spanish): pinacate beetle, stink beetle

Definitions

  1. pinacate beetle, stink beetle

Ancestry of “pinacate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlpīnacatltype of flightless beetle

Words derived from “pinacate”

  • pinacate beetle
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