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maringouin

[ mar-uhn-gwan; French ma-ran-gwan ]

noun

, Louisiana.
, plural mar·in·gouins [mar-, uh, n-, gwanz, m, a, -, r, a, n, -, gwan].
  1. a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of maringouin1

First recorded in 1800–05; from Louisiana French, French; earlier marigoin, marigon, from Tupi marui(m), mbarigui
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Example Sentences

Of mosquitoes and maringouin mosquitoes and all insects of that sort, the females alone prick and suck the blood of mammifers.

Looking down into it, I see many larvae of the maringouin, or large mosquito: no fish.

He was of a lively, active disposition and known by his comrades as "Maringouin" (mosquito).

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