tesourinha

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From tesoura +‎ -inha. (thribbing): Compare English scissor. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tesourinha f (plural tesourinhas) diminutive of tesoura swallow-tailed cotinga (Phibalura flavirostris, a passerine bird of South America) earwig (any of various insects of the order Dermaptera) Synonyms: bicha-cadela, rapino, lacrainha, rapelho (Brazil, LGBTQ slang, usually uncountable) tribbing, scissoring Synonyms: tribadismo, colação de velcro === Further reading === “tesourinha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tesourinha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026