esporão

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From espora +‎ -ão. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧po‧rão === Noun === esporão m (plural esporões) spur (botany) outgrowth of tissue on plant organs Synonyms: espora, calcar (zoology) naturally growing spike of an animal Synonym: espora (medicine, zoology) any protuberance in a body (nautical) the salient part of a ship's bow === Further reading === “esporão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esporão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026