musgaño

• muraño, murgaño
• musganho, murganho, morganho, muranho, musaranho (reintegrationist)

From Latin mūsarāneus (literally “spider mouse”) because the bite of some shrews can be venomous. Compare Portuguese murganho, Spanish musaraña, French musaraigne.

• Rhymes: -aɲo
• Hyphenation: mus‧ga‧ño

musgaño m (plural musgaños)

1. shrew

   Synonym: furaño

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “musgaño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “musgaño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “musgaño”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From earlier murgaño.

• IPA^(key): /musˈɡaɲo/ [muzˈɣ̞a.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -aɲo
• Syllabification: mus‧ga‧ño

musgaño m (plural musgaños)

1. shrew (any member of the Soricidae family of mammals)

   Synonym: musaraña

• “musgaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024