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pue'nos

Dictionary entry

pue'nos • n • tumble bug

Lexicon record # 2737 | Source references: R241 JE139
Semantic domain: bugs and insects

Other paradigm form

  • short form puen' AF(AG2/23/2005)

Sentence examples (3)

  1. [Ti'nisho wee' kue pue'nos?] Pue'nos kwel weeshtue' mehl hegee' pue'nos... 'ue-pue'nek'.
    [What are pu'nos?] Tumblebugs are called stinkbugs because they break wind.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)