berberecho

• berbecho, birbericho, berbicho

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate language;[1] otherwise from berbecho (“cockle; goatee”), from a local Vulgar Latin *berbēcclus < *berbēciclus, a diminutive of Latin berbēx ("ram", compare Galician carneiro (“warty venus; cockle”, literally “ram”)). In any case, related to Portuguese berbigão.

• IPA^(key): /beɾβeˈɾet͡ʃo̝/

berberecho m (plural berberechos)

1. cockle (Cerastoderma edule)

   Synonyms: carneiro, croque

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

From Ancient Greek βέρβερι (bérberi, “pearl oyster”).

• IPA^(key): /berbeˈɾet͡ʃo/, [berβeˈɾet͡ʃo]

berberecho m (plural berberechos)

1. cockle