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Etymology
From a derivative of Latin rāpum (“turnip”), developing a sense of "tail" in many Romance languages of Iberia, such as Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician rabo. Alternatively, possibly from Old Spanish rabosa, itself of the same origin.[1]
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Noun
rabosa f (plural raboses)
- (Valencia) red fox
- Synonyms: guilla, guineu, guineu comuna, guineu roja
- warty bedstraw (Galium verrucosum)
- a blenny, especially Montagu's blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita)
- Atlantic thresher (Alopias vulpinus
- Synonym: peix guilla
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