bichoco

Galician

Alternative forms
  • bechoco

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bischoco ("silkmoth", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): from bicho +‎ -oco.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biˈt͡ʃɔko̝/, /biˈt͡ʃoko̝/

Noun

bichoco m (plural bichocos)

  1. maggot
    Synonyms: careixa, sen
  2. worm; caterpillar
    Synonyms: coco, verme
  3. sandworm, lugworm (Arenicola marina)
    Synonym: bichoca

References
  • “bischoco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “bisch” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “bichoco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “bichoco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “bichoco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Martínez Lema, Paulo (2017) “Léxico y onomástica personal en la documentación medieval gallego-portuguesa”, in Rivista Italiana di Onomastica‎, volume XXIII, number 1, retrieved 9 February 2020, pages 71-88
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