vacaloura
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A male vacaloura
See also: vaca-loura
Galician
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Etymology
Apparently a composite of vaca (“cow”) + loura (in the past, "dark"); so either "dark cow" or perhaps a folk etymology of an older composite pre-Latin word.[1] Cognate with Portuguese vacaloura and Asturian vacalloria.
Pronunciation
Noun
vacaloura f (plural vacalouras)
- stag beetle (Lucanus cervus, a large species of beetle)
- Synonyms: carouca, cornetán, escornabois
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vacaloura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vacaloura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vacaloura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “vaca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
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Noun
vacaloura f (plural vacalouras)
- stag beetle (Lucanus cervus, a large species of beetle)