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Meaning of vagalume




Felipe Lorenzo del Río

vagalume
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Galician term : Lumbre, light that wanders, firefly, which in my land they also say gleaming coconut. This insect that entomologists call lampyris noctiluca receives an infinite number of names in popular terminology such as verme da noite, lucecú , lusicú , luceiro , luzbela , lucerna , avellina da cea , vella do caldo , coco relumbrón , bicho do lume , cociñeiro , corcoño . In our diverse Spains, more than a hundred different names have been counted, according to the areas: Lucerico , llanterneta , candil , candilico , candileja , alumbranoche , cuckoo de Dios , coco de luz , nochérniga . . .

  



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