caramuxo

Galician
caramuxos, lapas, mexillóns, and arneiros

Etymology

Unknown; probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Compare Portuguese caramujo and Spanish escaramujo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaɾaˈmuʃo̝/

Noun

caramuxo m (plural caramuxos)

  1. (mollusk) periwinkle
    Synonyms: bígaro, caramecha, mincha

References
  • “caramujo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “caramu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “caramuxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “caramuxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “caramuxo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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