vacaloura

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See also: vaca-loura

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A male vacaloura

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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)

  1. stag beetle (Lucanus cervus, a large species of beetle)
    Synonyms: carouca, cornetán, escornabois

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] 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)

  1. stag beetle (Lucanus cervus, a large species of beetle)