murciego

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mūris caecus. By surface analysis, mur (“mouse”) +‎ ciego (“blind”). First attested in 1250

Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese morçeguo.

murciego m (plural murciegos)

1. bat
   • 1250, Alfonso X of Castile, transl., Libro de los animales que caçan, page 106r:

     E qu^ando uoʒebrearẽ mucho tomen gr^anos de habarraʒ e dengelos en tres pedaçuelos de carne de murciego.

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• ⇒ Spanish: murciélago, morziegalo (archaic spelling), murciégalo (obsolete outside New Mexico)