mazarico

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Galician[edit]

A mazarico (Numenius phaeopus)

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. From the medieval form maracico, already attested circa 1133 as maraticum in local Medieval Latin.[1] Cognate of Portuguese maçarico.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): /maθaˈɾiko̝/
  • (Western) IPA(key): /masaˈɾiko̝/

Noun[edit]

mazarico m (plural mazaricos)

  1. curlew (Numenius arquata)
    Synonym: zarapico
  2. woodpecker

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Martínez Lema, Paulo (2017). "Sobre a repercusión do zoónimo mazarico na onomástica". Estudos de lingüística galega. 9: 65–86.