licaone
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Italian
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek Λυκαων (Lukaōn, “a name”), λυκαων (lukaōn), from λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos, “werewolf, wolf-man”).
Noun
licaone m (plural licaoni)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin Lycaon.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧ca‧o‧ne
Noun
licaone m (plural licaones)
- African hunting dog (Lycaon pictus, a wild dog of Africa)
- Synonyms: mabeco, cão-selvagem-africano, cão-caçador-africano
Further reading
- “licaone”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Categories:
- Italian terms derived from New Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Canids
- Portuguese terms borrowed from New Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from New Latin
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Canids