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1. (') Designación común de case un milleiro de especies de insectos ortópteros, de até 3 de longo, cabeza grande, antenas longas e dorso aplanado, ás anteriores duras e s posteriores adaptadas para saltar. O son que producen para o cortexo fretando as ás entre si é característico.
2. No muíño, peza que vira sobre a xoga, situada nun extremo da vara do rodicio.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *grilo, from Latin gryllus, possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “kind of dance performed in Egypt”), possibly borrowed from Egyptian. Possibly doublet of grelo.

More Galician words

• grilanda
• grilar
• grilaram
• grillo
• grilo ceboleiro
• grima
• griot
• gripallada

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