nécora
Galician
Nécoras
Alternative forms
- anécora, nácora, nacra, necra, nocra
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from Arabic,[1] but likely from a substrate language, as many fish and crustaceans names.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛkʊɾɐ]
Noun
nécora f (plural nécoras)
- velvet crab (Necora puber)
Related terms
- noca
References
- “nécora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “nécora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “nécora” 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), “noca, nácar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Noun
nécora f (plural nécoras)
- velvet crab
Further reading
- “nécora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014