mazarico

Galician

A mazarico (Numenius phaeopus)

Etymology

Unknown. From the medieval form maracico, already attested circa 1133 as maraticum in local Medieval Latin.[1] Cognate of Portuguese maçarico.

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): /maθaˈɾiko̝/
(Western) IPA^(key): /masaˈɾiko̝/

Noun

mazarico m (plural mazaricos)

curlew (Numenius arquata)
Synonym: zarapico
woodpecker

Synonyms

zarapico

Related terms

Mazaricos

References

“mazarico” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“mazarico” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“mazarico” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Martínez Lema, Paulo (2017). "Sobre a repercusión do zoónimo mazarico na onomástica". Estudos de lingüística galega. 9: 65–86.

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