barbeiro

noun

bar·​bei·​ro

bärˈbā(ˌ)rü,

-rō

plural -s

: a large, black, red-spotted conenose (Panstrongylus megistus synonym Triatoma megista) of the American tropics that transmits the trypanosome causing Chagas disease

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese, literally, barber, from barba beard, from Latin; from its bloodsucking apparatus

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