melandro

Galician

teixugo or melandro

Etymology

From Latin mēlēs (“badger”). Cognate with Asturian melandru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈlandɾo̝/

Noun

melandro m (plural melandros)

1. (regional) badger

   Synonyms: porco teixo, teixo, teixón, teixugo

Related terms

• Meandreiras

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “meandr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “melandro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “melandro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “melandro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN