- jacana
- noun Etymology: Portuguese jaçanã, from Tupi jasanã Date: circa 1753 any of a family (Jacanidae) of long-legged and long-toed tropical wading birds that frequent coastal freshwater marshes and ponds
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jaçanã — s. f. [Ornitologia] Ave pernalta do Brasil … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
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jaçana — /zhah seuh nah , jah /, n. any of several tropical, ploverlike, aquatic birds of the family Jacanidae, most of them having extremely long toes and claws for walking on floating water plants. Also called lily trotter. [1640 50; < Pg jaçanã < Tupi… … Universalium
