caramujo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain. Cognate with Galician caramuxo. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uʒu Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧mu‧jo === Noun === caramujo m (plural caramujos) snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) Synonym: caracol ==== Usage notes ==== In Brazil, this term usually refers to aquatic snails, while caracol refers to terrestrial ones. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “caramujo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “caramujo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “caramujo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “caramujo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026