andosco

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin *annoticus, with change of suffix from Latin annotinus.

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Noun[edit]

andosco m (plural andoscos, feminine andosca, feminine plural andoscas)

  1. lamb
    Synonyms: año, cordeiro, rexelo
  2. (figured, literary) rogue, rascal, scoundrel

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from an earlier *anozgo, from a Vulgar Latin *annoticus, with change of suffix from Latin annotinus (whence Romanian noaten (yearling sheep)).

Adjective[edit]

andosco (feminine andosca, masculine plural andoscos, feminine plural andoscas)

  1. Older than a year but not much older than two. (of livestock, especially sheep)

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