palometa

English

Noun

palometa (plural palometas)

Any of numerous types of fish. (See Wikipedia for a list.)

Catalan

Etymology

From paloma +‎ -eta (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /pə.loˈmə.tə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /pə.luˈmɛ.tə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /pa.loˈme.ta/

Noun

palometa f (plural palometes)

The green brittlegill (Russula virescens), an edible mushroom.
(Valencia) butterfly
(Mallorca) yellow toadflax

Synonyms

(mushroom): llora blanca
(butterfly): papallona

Further reading

“palometa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“palometa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Noun

palometa f (plural palometas)

dropwort

Noun

palometa f (plural palometas)

one of various types of fish
1. Trachinotus goodei
2. (Venezuela) the silver mylossoma, Mylossoma duriventris

Descendants

→ Maquiritari: jadometa

Further reading

“palometa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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