araponga
noun
ar·a·pon·ga
ˌarəˈpäŋgə
plural -s
: bellbird sense a
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese, altered (perhaps by conflation with arara "macaw" and other bird names with initial ara-) from earlier guigrapónga, guiraponga, uiraponga, borrowed from Tupi wɨrapoŋa, from wɨra "bird" + -poŋa, element of uncertain meaning