maringouin

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Louisiana.

, plural mar·in·gouins [mar-, uh, n-, gwanz, m, a, -, r, a, n, -, gwan].

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

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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