boto

American

[boh-toh] / ˈboʊ toʊ /

noun

a freshwater South American dolphin, Inia geoffrensis, having a long snout and fluctuating in color between pink and gray: inhabits the Amazon and Orinoco river systems.

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noun

botos

plural

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Experts suspect that the heat wave and drought may be the cause of the high numbers of fish and river dolphins, known as boto, which have been washing up dead.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2023

Nom. bote boto, messenger Acc. boten boton, -un Gen. boten boten, -in Dat. boten boten, -in 45 Plur.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

Thus, from Kudri = to sew, ŝuo = a shoe, boto = boot, we get kudristino = a seamstress or dressmaker, ŝuisto = a shoemaker, botisto = a bootmaker.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George

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