Common name of Aluterus monoceros
 
Common name Pirá-acá
Language Portuguese
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Brazil
Locality Pernambuco
Ref. Nomura, H., 1984
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier
Remarks Pirá = fish with no scales + acá = savage Brazilian tree (Tibiriçá, 1984); acá also could be a variation of aca = bitter or with horns (Bueno, 1998)
 
Entered by Freire, Katia de Meirelles Felizola
Modified by Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G.
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