escanyapolls

Verb-object compound, composed of escanya (“to choke, to strangle”) +‎ polls (“lice”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˌka.ɲəˈpoʎs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˌka.ɲaˈpoʎs]

escanyapolls m (invariable)

1. European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)

   Synonym: cérvol volant

• “escanyapolls”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007