lobo rabaz

Galician

Lobo rabaz ("Lynx")

Etymology

From lobo (“wolf”) + rabaz from Latin rapāx (“rapacious”).

Noun

lobo rabaz m (plural lobos rabaces)

1. Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), which became extinct in the Iberian peninsula before 1800

   Synonyms: loberno, lobo cerval

Related terms

• arroaz

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “robaz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “rabaz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.