abelharuco

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === abejaruco melharuco === Etymology === Derived from abelha (“bee”) +‎ -uco, bees being one of its main sources of food. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧be‧lha‧ru‧co === Noun === abelharuco m (plural abelharucos) (Portugal) bee-eater (any of several birds in the family Meropidae) Synonym: abelheiro === Further reading === “abelharuco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “abelharuco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026