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Spanish
Etymology
Metathetic diminutive of murciego (cf. murciégalo), from Old Spanish mur (“mouse”) + ciego (“blind”) or from Latin mūris caecus, both from mūs. Compare Portuguese morcego, Galician morcego.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /muɾˈθjelaɡo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /muɾˈsjelaɡo/
- Rhymes: -elaɡo
- Syllabification: mur‧cié‧la‧go
Noun
murciélago m (plural murciélagos, feminine murciélaga, feminine plural murciélagas)
- bat (winged mammal)
- Synonyms: panarra, (New Mexico) ratón volador
1800, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, chapter 12, in Historia General del Perú:...adoraban al buho por la hermosura de sus ojos y cabeza, y al murciélago por la sutileza de su vista...- ...they adored the owl for the prettiness of its eyes and head, and the bat for the subtlety of its sight...
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