vacaloura

See also: vaca-loura

Galician

A male vacaloura

Alternative forms

vacaloira

Etymology

Apparently a composite of vaca (“cow”) + loura (in the past, "dark"); so either "dark cow" or perhaps a folk etymology of an older composite pre-Latin word.[1] Cognate with Portuguese vacaloura and Asturian vacalloria.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bakaˈlowɾa̝/

Noun

vacaloura f (plural vacalouras)

stag beetle (Lucanus cervus, a large species of beetle)

Synonyms

carouca, cornetán, escornabois

References

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

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “vaca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Alternative forms

vaca-loura

Noun

vacaloura f (plural vacalouras)

stag beetle (Lucanus cervus, a large species of beetle)

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