Feminine

rabosa

Meaning

  1. (Valencia, feminine) red fox
  2. (feminine) warty bedstraw (Galium verrucosum)
  3. (feminine) a blenny, especially Montagu's blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita)
  4. (feminine) Atlantic thresher (Alopias vulpinus

Pronounced as (IPA)
[rəˈβo.zə]
Etymology

From a derivative of Latin rāpum (“turnip”), developing a sense of "tail" in many Romance languages of Iberia, such as Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician rabo. Alternatively, possibly from Old Spanish rabosa, itself of the same origin.

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