lobo rabaz
Galician
Etymology
From lobo (“wolf”) + rabaz from Latin rapāx (“rapacious”).
Noun
lobo rabaz m (plural lobos rabaces)
- Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), which became extinct in the Iberian peninsula before 1800
- Synonyms: loberno, lobo cerval
Related terms
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “robaz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rabaz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega