Meaning & use
Maringouin
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A regional term, chiefly used along the Gulf Coast and in Louisiana, for a mosquito.
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The swamp was thick with maringouins by dusk, forcing everyone indoors.
Cajun folklore is full of tall tales about maringouins the size of dragonflies.
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Borrowed from French, and ultimately from a Tupi-Guarani word via Portuguese, 'maringouin' survives today in Louisiana Creole and Cajun English.
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