moixó

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin musciō, diminutive of musca (“fly”).

Pronunciation

Noun

moixó m (plural moixons)

  1. a small bird
  2. the big-scale sand smelt (Atherina boyeri)
    Synonyms: joell, cabeçuda, xanguet
    • 1950, Josep Pla, Bodegó amb peixos:
      El moixó és un peix petit, que menja la vegetació del litoral i amarga una mica; té el gust una mica acre de les pastures assolellades.
      The big-scale sand smelt is a small fish which eats littoral vegetation and tastes a little bitter; it has the slightly acrid flavour of sunny pastures.
  3. (colloquial) penis
    Synonyms: pardal, cigala

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