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graur

Pronunciation: /ˈɡra.ur/

“graur” is a Romanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. starling (bird)
  2. grey-spotted, gray-spotted (mainly about horses)

In Romanian

  1. (ornit.) (Sturnus, mai ales Sturnus vulgaris) pasăre migratoare cu ciocul ascuțit de culoare gălbuie și cu pene negre-verzui cu pete albe.
  2. (adjectival; despre cai) care are culoarea cenușie (împestrițată cu pete albe).

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *graulus or *gravulus, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Compare French grolle, Italian gravolo.

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