mosqueira

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin muscaria (related to flies; fibrous, hairy parts of plants).

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Noun

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mosqueira f (plural mosqueiras)

  1. (uncountable) fodder; unripe cereal
    Synonyms: ferraña, forraxe
    • 1276, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Dominguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 375:
      et este pan deue a seer qual o Deus der no logar et seer linpo de palla et de poo, d'eruellada et de mosceyra, et deue a seer ben seco et ben linpo et bõõ pan
      and this grain must be that that God gives at that place, and it must be clean of chaff and dust, of vetch and fodder, and it must be well dry and well clean and good grain
  2. cupboard protected by a mosquito net, for storing food at room temperature but preserved from flies and bugs
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Etymology 2

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Related to amosegar (to gnaw) + -eira.

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mosqueira f (plural mosqueiras)

  1. notch in the cancil

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