Akademik
maringouin
\\ˌmaraⁿˈgwaⁿ\
noun
(
-
s
)
Etymology:
French
,
from
Tupi
mariguí
mosquito
:
blackfly
a
* * *
/mar'euhn gwaonn"/
;
Fr.
/mann rddaonn gwaonn"/
,
n.
,
pl.
maringouins
/-gwaonnz"/
;
Fr.
/-gwaonn"/
.
Louisiana.
a mosquito, esp. a large swamp mosquito.
[
< LaF,
F
;
earlier
marigoin, marigon,
said to be < Tupi
marui
(
m
),
mbarigui
]
Useful english dictionary
.
2012
.