licranço

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alicanço
• licanço

Etymology

From Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, “scorpion”), compare lacrau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈkɾɐ̃.su/

• Hyphenation: li‧cran‧ço

Noun

licranço m (plural licranços)

1. slowworm (Anguis fragilis, a legless Old-World lizard)

   Synonym: cobra-de-vidro

Related terms

• lacrau