rabosa

Catalan

Etymology

From a derivative of Latin rāpum (turnip), developing a sense of "tail" in many Romance languages of Iberia, such as Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician rabo. Alternatively, possibly from Old Spanish rabosa, itself of the same origin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [rəˈβo.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [rəˈbo.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [raˈbo.za]
  • Audio (Valencia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oza

Noun

rabosa f (plural raboses)

  1. (Valencia) red fox
    Synonyms: guilla, guineu, guineu comuna, guineu roja
  2. warty bedstraw (Galium verrucosum)
  3. a blenny, especially Montagu's blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita)
  4. Atlantic thresher (Alopias vulpinus
    Synonym: peix guilla

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ rabosa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

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