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 Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rabaz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega