bollë

See also: bolle, Bolle, and Bölle

Albanian

Alternative forms

boljë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bēlva, close to Latin bēlua (“beast”) (cf. Italian belva).

Noun

bollë f (indefinite plural bolla, definite singular bolla)

any of various nonvenomous snakes of the families Colubridae or Boidae
glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)

Hyponyms

bollë shtëpisë ‘Aesculapian snake’ (Zamenis longissimus)
bollë laramane, bollë leopard ‘European ratsnake, leopard snake’ (Zamenis situla)
bollë varrezash, bollëshordjë ‘chicken-snake, four-lined ratsnake’ (Elaphe quatuorlineata)
bollë e rërës ‘javelin sand boa’ (Eryx jaculus)
bollë uji ‘grass snake’ (Natrix natrix)
bollëverbët ‘slowworm, blindworm’ (Anguis fragilis)

Derived terms

bullar, bollujësë, bollësharde

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