ferreret

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan ferreret.

Noun

ferreret (plural ferrerets)

1. (rare) The Majorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis).
   • 2002, The nature of Spain, page 330:

     Reintroduction has also been the key to the success in the recovery of two island endemic species. One is the ferreret, a little toad unknown to science as a living species until 1980, which only survives in the Tramuntana Mountains on Mallorca.

   • 2007, Kennedy, Jeffrey, Mallorca, London : Dorling Kindersley, page 38:

     But perhaps the most interesting creatures are the endangered ferreret, a type of frog found only in the ravines of the Serra de Tramuntana, and the Lilford's lizard.

   • 2010, Nicholas, Anna, Goats from a small island : grabbing Mallorcan life by the horns, page 79:

     Jorge seems fascinated. ‘You know, it’s hard to see but he looks very similar to the ferreret, the famous midwife toad they have up here in the mountains. Same sort of markings.’

   • 2012, Fortey, Richard A, Horseshoe crabs and velvet worms : the story of the animals and plants that time has left behind, page 249:

     Recent genetic work has shown that ferreret populations along a single torrent course are related, but that there is little genetic exchange with populations elsewhere.

Catalan

Etymology

From ferrer +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [fə.rəˈɾe̞t]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fə.rəˈɾət]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [fə.rəˈɾɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [fe.reˈɾet]

Noun

ferreret m (plural ferrerets)

1. blue tit

   Synonyms: mallerenga blava, ferrerolet

2. (Valencia) great tit

   Synonyms: mallerenga carbonera, totestiu

3. Mallorcan midwife toad

   Synonym: ferreguet

Further reading

• “ferreret”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ferreret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ferreret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ferreret”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)