escarapote

Galician

escarapote or escarpón

Etymology

From Latin scorpiō (“scorpion”) + the augmentative Galician suffix -ote, influenced by escarpa (“splinter, thorn”) of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eskaɾaˈpɔte̝/

Noun

escarapote m (plural escarapotes)

(zoology) red scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)
(zoology) black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus)

Synonyms

escarpón (“red scorpionfish”), porco de mar (“black scorpionfish”, literally “sea-pig”)

References

“escarapote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“escarapote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“escarapote” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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