meloncillo
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Spanish
Etymology
From melón + -cillo, from Latin mēlōnem.
Noun
meloncillo m (plural meloncillos)
- the Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon
- Synonyms: mangosta común, mangosta egipcia
- 2015 October 9, “¿Es necesario matar a los animales que ‘sobran’?”, in El País:
- Hernández cuestiona de raíz el control de poblaciones, en especial cuando atañe a depredadores como el lobo y a otras especies denunciadas desde diversos sectores (cinegético, pesca fluvial, agricultores…) como invasoras, pero que no son cinegéticas, como meloncillos, cormoranes o calamones.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “meloncillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
meloncillo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
