couza

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested 18th century. Etymology unknown. Likely unrelated to Latin cossus, so probably from a substrate language.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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couza f (plural couzas)

  1. clothes moth
    Synonym: avelaíña
  2. woodworm; deathwatch beetle
    Synonyms: caruncho, corta, rela, traza, trilla

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gusano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos