licranço

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic عَقْرَب‎ (ʿaqrab, “scorpion”),[1] compare lacrau.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /liˈkɾɐ̃.su/
  • Hyphenation: li‧cran‧ço

Noun

licranço m (plural licranços)

  1. slowworm (Anguis fragilis, a legless Old-World lizard)
    Synonym: cobra-de-vidro

References
  1. “licranço” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2019.
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