estiracabells

Verb-object compound, composed of estira (“to pull, to stretch”) +‎ cabellsos (“hair”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˌti.ɾə.kəˈβɛʎs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˌti.ɾə.kəˈbəʎs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˌti.ɾa.kaˈbeʎs]

estiracabells m (invariable)

1. a dragonfly, especially the hairy dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)

• espiadimonis

• a estiracabells

• “estiracabells”, 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