katravesh

Albanian

Etymology

From katra- (“four”) +‎ vesh (“ear”).

Noun

katravesh m

1. flying black insect with four antennaes that live in rotting tree trunks
2. (Folkrore) man-eating monster

Further reading

• “katravesh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980