licranço

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
  • 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 Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

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