zarrapico

Galician

A zarrapico or mazarico (Numenius phaeopus)

Alternative forms

• zarapico, zarrapito

Etymology

Unknown. From the medieval form çarrapito (13th century), perhaps a romance composite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θaraˈpiko̝/, /saraˈpiko̝/

Noun

zarrapico m (plural zarrapicos)

1. curlew (Numenius arquata)

   Synonym: mazarico

2. woodpecker

   Synonym: peto

Related terms

• zarrapicar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carrapit”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “zarrapico” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “zarapico” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zarapito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.