maruca

• meruca

Perhaps from French morue.

• IPA^(key): [maˈɾukɐ]

maruca f (plural marucas)

1. ling, common ling (Molva molva)
2. Spanish ling (Molva macrophthalma)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “maruca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “maruca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maruca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Perhaps from French morue.

• Hyphenation: ma‧ru‧ca

maruca f (plural marucas)

1. ling

• “maruca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “maruca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

maruca f (plural marucas)

1. ling