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Meaning of pinacate

pinacate: It is a word of Nahuatl origin ( comes from pinacatl), which means black beetle. It is a way of calling in Mexico the black beetles of the genus Eleodes and belonging to the family Tenebrionidae . Black cuckoo. It is also the name of a desert, which is once part of the Great Desert of Sonora or Altar Desert and a volcanic sierra in the State of Sonora in Mexico. It is also the name of a Mexican Biological Reserve in that same area.; Pinacate : Common name to several insects coleoptera of the tenebrionides, blackish in color and that defend themselves by expelling a smelly liquid.; The reference where I read what of pinacate e:nieve Rodriguez Valley 2005. Proverbs words of nahuatl origin. Revista de 40 5 popular literatures; 2 ):175-193http://www.rlp.culturaspopulares.org/textos/10/01-Rodriguez.pdfDice: " pinacate. From the nahuatl. pinacatl do shameful cane does of pinahua do be ashamed does and acatl do cane do.?????? Wingless insect; big and black beetle that grows in damp places. Says few scopes, lights short, awkward or insignificant person do?; I read that means that anda Crouching or which is ashamed. Several words in nahuatl which have the pineapple particle refer to shame and Crouch

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