pauraque
American
[pou-rah-key, pou-rah-ke]
/ paʊˈrɑ keɪ, paʊˈrɑ kɛ /
noun
plural
pauraquesEtymology
Origin of pauraque
First recorded in 1905–10; presumably Hispanicized spelling of a word < a language of tropical America
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