Nature Names for Tourists
Local names for distinctive Mediterranean wildlife
You can also view this page with the Greek names transliterated into the Latin alphabet.
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Greek |
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🌿 |
agave,
(American or flowering or spiked); American century; century
plant; miracle of nature |
agave;
agavŽ; "alos"? (incl. sisal) |
agave
(americana) |
magŸey
(liso); pita Eur?; penca azul PE? henequŽn (agave?) |
atzavara;
pita |
αθάνατος
|
Agave
americana |
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🐟 |
ahi,
albacore È tunas |
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🐟 |
anchovy,
(European) |
anchois |
acciuga;
alice |
boquer—n;
anchoa |
anxova;
seit—; aladroc; boquer— |
inćun,
(europski) |
γάυρος |
Engraulis
encrasicolus |
🐟 |
angler
fish È monkfish |
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🌳🍅 |
arbutus
È strawberry tree |
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🌿💮 |
asphodel |
asphodle
|
asfodelo
|
asf—delo;
asfodelo; gam—n |
čepljez;
brden |
ασφόδελος |
Asphodelus
spp. |
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🌿💮 |
aven
(type) |
benoite
Žcarlate or orangŽe |
γέο |
Geum
coccineum |
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🐟 |
barracuda,
European |
brochet
de mer |
luccio
marino |
espet—n |
espet |
škaram
|
λούτσος |
Sphyraena
sphyraena |
🐦 |
bee-eater |
gupier
d'Europe |
gruccione |
abejaruco
(comœn) |
abellerol |
pčelarica,
žuta |
μελισσοφαγός |
Merops
apiaster |
J |
boar,
(wild) |
sanglier
♂; laie ♀; marcassin (young) |
cinghiale
♂; cinghiala ♀; cinghialetto (young) |
jabal’
♂; jabalina ♀; jabato (young)? porco bravo Gal; also
È saino |
(porc)
senglar |
svinja,
divlja |
αγριογούρουνο |
Sus
scrofa |
🐟 |
bogue |
bogue
(commun) |
boga;
boba (Romagna?); vopa (Campania?) |
boga |
boga
|
bukva
etc; bukvina; boba etc; bobulina; buhar; matijaš |
γό¹α |
Boops
boops |
🐟 |
bonito,
Atlantic or belted |
bonite
ˆ dos rayŽ; pŽlamide |
palamita |
bonito
(atl‡ntico); sarda; caba–a blanca VE |
bon’tol |
palamida;
pastirica; polanda |
¹αλαμίδα |
Sarda
sarda |
🌿💮 |
bougainvillea |
bougainvillea,
bougainvillŽe |
buganvilla |
Bougainvillea |
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🌳 |
box;
boxwood Am |
buis |
bosso |
boj;
boje |
boix
|
šimšir
|
¹υξάρι |
Buxus
sempervirens |
🐟 |
brill |
barbue |
rombo
liscio |
rombo |
καλκάνι? |
Scophthalmus
rhombus |
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🌿💮 |
broom |
gent
incl. Òcytises vŽritablesÓ (Cytisus spp.) and Ògents
vŽritablesÓ (Genista spp.) etc |
ginestra
incl. citiso etc. |
retama,
hiniesta etc. |
ginesta? |
Genisteae
incl. Cytisus
spp. and Genista spp. |
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🐦 |
buzzard;
common buzzard |
buse
variable |
poiana |
ratonero
comœn |
aligot
comœ |
škanjac
or mišar, obični |
γερακίνα |
Buteo
buteo |
🐟 |
carp |
carpe |
carpa |
carpa
comœn |
carpa
|
šaran
|
κυ¹ρίνος |
Cyprinus
carpio |
🕷 |
carpet-shell
È clam |
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🌳 |
castor
oil tree |
ricin |
ricino
commune; palma Cristi; cagamengia Sard |
higuera
(infernal or del diablo); higuerillo (blanco or rojo);
higuerilla; higuereta; ricino |
ric’;
riciner; cagamuja; cagamutxo |
krpelja |
ρετσινολαδιά |
Ricinus
communis |
🌿 |
century
plant È agave |
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🌿 |
chaparral
È maquis |
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🌳🍅 |
chestnut,
European or sweet or Spanish |
ch‰taignier
(tree); ch‰tain or marron (nut) |
castagno
(tree); castagna (nut) |
casta–o
(regoldo) (tree); casta–a (nut); casti–eiro, castiro Gal |
castanyer
(tree); castanya (nut) |
kesten,
pitomi |
καστανιά |
Castanea
sativa |
🌳 |
Christ's
or Jerusalem thorn; crown
of thorns |
Žpine
du Christ; porte chapeau |
marruca;
spina di Cristo |
espina
santa or de cristo; paliure; paliuro |
espinavessa
|
drača
|
Paliurus
spina-christi |
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🕷 |
cicada |
cigale |
cicala |
cigarra |
cigala |
cvrčak |
τζίτζικας |
Cicada
spp; Lyristes spp. |
🌿💮 |
cistus
È rock-rose |
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🌳🍅 |
citron |
cŽdratier
(tree); cŽdrat (fruit) |
cedro;
"citro" |
cidro
(tree); cidra, poncil, lim—n francŽs, toronja (fruit) |
poncemer,
naronger (tree); poncem, poncir, naronja (fruit) |
κιτριά
(tree); κίτρο (fruit) |
Citrus
medica |
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🕷 |
clam;
carpet-shell |
palourde |
vongola
nera or verace |
almeja
fina |
escopinya
llisa? |
kućica;
vongola? |
χάβαρο |
Venerupis
decussata |
🕷 |
crayfish
(freshwater); also È scampi and È lobster, spiny and È
prawn, painted |
Žcrevisse
ˆ pieds rouges or ˆ pattes rouges (freshwater) |
gambero
d'acqua dolce (freshwater) |
cangrejo
de r’o; (‡staco?) (freshwater) |
rak,
riječni or plemeniti |
καραβίδα
του γλυκού
νερού (freshwater) |
Potamobius
spp.; Astacus spp |
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J |
Cretan
wild goat |
κρι-κρι;
αίγαγρο της
Κρήτης; αγρίμι;
αγριοκάτσικο; σανάδα
♀ |
Capra
aegagra cretensis or
cretica |
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🐦 |
crow,
hooded |
corneille
mantelŽe (or cendrŽe or grise); religieuse |
cornacchia
bigia or dal mantello |
corneja
cenicienta? |
cornella
emmantellada |
vrana,
siva |
κουρούνα |
Corvus
corone cornix |
🌿💮 |
curry
plant |
immortelle
d'Italie |
perpetuino
(dÕItalia); semprevivo |
siempreviva
del monte; curry; guirnalda? |
ramell
de sant Pon; guirnalda |
smilje |
Helichrysum
italicum (or
angustifolium?) |
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🕷 |
cuttlefish |
seiche |
seppia |
jibia |
s’pia;
spia |
sipa
|
σου¹ιά |
Sepia
officinalis |
🌿💮 |
cyclamen |
cyclamen |
ciclamino |
ciclamen;
ciclamino; pamporcino |
cyclamen |
cikl‡ma;
skrižalina |
κυκλαμίνο |
Cyclamen
spp. |
🌳 |
cypress,
Italian or Mediterranean or funeral |
ciprs |
cipresso |
ciprŽs |
xiprer |
čempres,
obični |
κυ¹αρίσσι; also È
αγρικυ¹άρισσο |
Cupressus
sempervirens |
J |
deer,
Corsican red |
cerf
rouge or Žlaphe de Corse |
cervo
corsicano or sardo |
Cervus
elaphus corsicanus |
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J |
deer,
roe |
chevreuil |
capriolo |
corzo |
cabirol
|
srna,
obična or europska; srndač |
ζαρκάδι |
Capreolus
capreolus |
🐟 |
dentex |
dentŽ |
dentice |
dent—n |
dŽntol |
zubatac |
συναγρίδα |
Dentex
dentex |
🐟 |
dolphin-fish;
mahi-mahi HI |
dorade,
daurade Car (& IO?); coryphne |
lampuga |
dorado
(comœn); delf’n CAm; lampuga Eur? |
llampuga;
dorado |
lampuga |
κυνιγός;
κορύφαινα K? |
Coryphaena
hippurus |
🌿💮 |
dragon
arum |
serpentaire
(commune) |
dragontera,
culebrera, taragontia? |
zmijavčica
|
δρακόντια;
φιδόχορτο |
Dracunculus
vulgaris; Arum dracunculus |
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🕷 |
Dublin
bay prawn È scampi |
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🐦 |
duck
hawk È peregrine |
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🐦 |
eagle,
golden |
aigle
royal |
aquila
reale |
‡guila
real; ‡guia real Gal |
ˆguila
or ˆliga daurada |
orao,
suri |
χρησάετος |
Aquila
chrysaetos |
🐦 |
eagle,
sea; also È osprey |
pygargue |
aquila
di mare |
pigargo |
Haliaeetus
spp. |
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🐦 |
eagle,
white-tailed (sea); erne |
pygargue
ˆ queue blanche; orfraie? |
aquila
di mare a coda bianca |
pigargo
comœn |
ˆguila
marina |
orao
štekavac or bjelorepan |
θαλασσαετός
|
Haliaeetus
albicilla |
🐦 |
eagle,
short-toed |
circate
Jean-le-Blanc |
biancone |
‡guila
culebrera; ‡guia albela Gal |
ˆguila
marcenca |
orao
zmijar |
φιδαετός |
Circaetus
gallicus |
🐦 |
erne
È eagles |
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🌳🍅 |
fig |
figuier
(tree); figue (fruit) |
fico
(comune or caprifico); figu Sard |
higuera
(tree); higo (fruit) |
figuera
(tree); figa (fruit) |
smokva,
(obična) |
συκιά
(tree);
σύκω (fruit) |
Ficus
carica |
🌳 |
fir,
Spanish |
sapin
d'Espagne |
abete
di Spagna |
pinsapo |
pinsap(-o) |
jela,
španjolska |
Abies
pinsapo |
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🕷 |
firefly
(winged); glowworm (wingless); lightning bug Am |
lampyre;
luciole; ver luisant (wingless) |
lucciola;
lampiride |
luciŽrnaga |
lluerna;
cuca de llum |
krijesnica
|
κωλοφωτιά |
Lampyridae
etc. |
🐦 |
flamingo,
greater |
flamant
(rose) |
fenicottero |
flamenco;
flamingo Gal |
flamenc
comœ |
φοινικό¹τερο
|
Phoenicopterus
ruber roseus |
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🌳💮 |
frangipani;
pagoda or temple tree |
frangipanier |
frangipani |
sacuanjoche
(P. rubra) NI; flor blanca CR? |
Plumeria
spp. |
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🌿 |
fynbos
È maquis |
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🐟 |
garfish
Eur; needle fish Am |
aiguille;
orphie |
aguglia |
aguja |
agulla |
iglica
|
ζαργάνα |
Belone
belone |
🌿 |
garrigue |
garrigue |
gariga |
gariga |
garriga |
gariga |
φρύγανα |
|
🕷 |
glowworm
È firefly |
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🐟 |
goatfish
È red mullet |
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🐟 |
goby |
gobie |
ghiozzo |
cabot
etc |
γωβιός? |
Gobius
spp. |
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🐟 |
goosefish
È monkfish |
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🌿🍅 |
grape,
grape vine È vine |
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🐟 |
grouper,
dusky |
mŽrou
brun or rouge or noir or sombre or de
MŽditerranŽe; lucerna Corsica |
cernia
bruna |
mero;
garopa; chernia marr—n; mero de altura Gal |
nero;
mero; anf—s; rei |
kirnja
(golema) |
ροφός |
Epinephelus
marginatus |
🌿🍅 |
gumbo
È okra |
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🐟 |
hake |
merlu |
nasello;
merluzza |
merluza;
pescado (locally) |
llu
(europeu) |
oslić
|
μ¹ακαλιάρος |
Merluccius
merluccius |
🐟 |
hammerhead
È sharks |
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🐦 |
hawk,
fish È osprey |
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🌿💮 |
heath;
"heather" |
bruyre? |
erica
(commune) ; brugo; tuvara Sard |
brezo |
bruc?
bruguera? |
Erica
spp. |
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🌳 |
heath
or heather, tree |
bruyre
arborescente or blanche or en arbre |
scopa
(da fastello or di bosco) |
brezo
blanco or arb—reo |
bruc
boal or mascle or de pipes or de soca |
vrijes
veliki |
ρεϊκι
|
Erica
arborea |
🌿💮 |
heather;
Scots heather; ling |
bruyre
commune |
brugo;
also È erica |
brezo
comœn; brecina |
bruguerola
|
vrijes;
vrijesak |
Calluna
vulgaris |
|
🌳 |
heather,
broom |
bruyre
ˆ balais |
erica
da scope; scopa |
brezo
de escobas |
bruc
femella or d'escombres |
Erica
scoparia |
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🌿💮 |
hibiscus |
hibiscus |
ibisco
della Cina? rosa cinese? |
hibisco |
hibisc
(de la xina); rosa de xina |
ιβισκός |
Hibiscus
rosa sinensis |
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🐦 |
hoopoe |
huppe
fasciŽe |
upupa |
abubilla;
bubela Gal |
puput
|
pupavac
|
τσαλα¹ετεινός |
Upupa
epops |
J |
jackal |
chacal |
sciacallo
(dorato) |
chacal |
xacal |
šakal;
(zlatni) čagalj |
τσακάλι |
Canis
aureus |
🐦 |
jay;
Eurasian jay |
geai
des chnes |
ghiandaia |
arrendajo;
pega marza Gal |
gaig
|
šojka
( kreštalica) |
κίσσα |
Garrulus
glandarius |
🐟 |
John
Dory |
Saint-Pierre |
pesce
San Pietro |
pez
de San Pedro |
gall
or peix de sant Pere |
kovač;
šanpjer etc; riba Svetog Petra |
χριστόψαρο |
Zeus
faber |
🌳💮 |
Judas
tree |
arbre
de JudŽe |
albero
di Giuda |
‡rbol
del amor |
arbre
de l'amor or de Judes or
de Judea |
judić
|
κουτσου¹ιά |
Cercis
siliquastrum |
🌳🍅 |
Killarney
strawberry tree È strawberry tree |
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🌿 |
kwongan
È maquis |
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🌿🍅 |
lady's
finger È okra |
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🐦 |
lammergeier
È vultures |
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🌿💮 |
lavender |
lavande;
aspic |
lavanda;
spiganardo; spigo(nardo) |
espliego;
lavanda; alhuzema |
esp’gol |
lavanda |
λεβάντα |
Lavandula
spp. |
🌳 |
lentisk;
mastic tree |
lentisque |
lentischio;
lentisco; moddizzi, modditzi Sard |
lentisco |
mata;
llentiscle; llentrisca |
tršlja
|
μαστιχά;
μαστιχόδενδρο;
σκίνος;
σκινάρι |
Pistacia
lentiscus |
🕷 |
lightning
bug È firefly |
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🌳 |
lime
or linden tree |
tilleul |
tiglio |
tilo |
tell;
tiller |
lipa |
τίλιο?
(incl. φλαμουριά?) |
Tilia
spp. |
🌿💮 |
ling
È heather |
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🌳 |
liquidambar;
oriental sweetgum; storax tree? |
storace? |
estoraque |
Liquidambar
orientalis |
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🕷 |
lobster,
European |
homard |
astice
(europeo); elefante di mare |
bogavante |
llomˆntol;
grimaldo |
hlap;
rarog; humer |
αστακός;
καραβίδα
μεγάλη |
Homarus
vulgaris or
gammarus |
🕷 |
lobster,
European spiny; crayfish |
langouste |
aragosta
(mediterranea) |
langosta |
llagosta |
jastog
|
αστακός |
Palinurus
elephas or
vulgaris |
🌳🍅 |
locust
tree È carob tree |
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🌿💮 |
Madonna
lily |
lys
blanc |
giglio
(di Sant'Antonio) |
azucena
(comœn or blanca) |
ljiljan,
marijin |
κρίνος |
Lilium
candidum |
|
🐟 |
mahi-mahi
È dolphin-fish |
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🌿 |
maquis;
(cf. chaparral Am; fynbos ZA; kwongan AU) |
maquis |
macchia;
macchie |
matorral |
brolla |
makija |
μακκί? |
|
🌿 |
marjoram,
wild È oregano |
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J |
marten,
pine |
martre
commune or des pins |
martora
eurasiatica (or dei boschi or di Prussia?) |
marta
silvestre |
mart(-a) |
kuna
zlatica |
δενδροκούναβο;
δασοκούναβου |
Martes
martes |
J |
marten,
stone or beech or house |
fouine |
faina;
(martora di Francia?) |
gardu–a;
fuina |
fagina;
gorja blanc |
kuna
bjelica |
κουνάβι;
¹ετροκούναβο |
Martes
foina |
🌳 |
mastic
tree È lentisk |
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🌳🍅 |
medlar
also È loquat |
nŽflier
(tree); nfle (fruit) |
nespolo
(tree); nespola (fruit) |
nisperero?
(tree); n’spero? (fruit) |
mušmula
|
μουσμουλιά?
(tree); μούσμουλο? (fruit) |
Mespilus
germanica |
|
🌿 |
miracle
of nature È agave |
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🐟 |
monkfish,
angler fish Eur; goosefish Am |
lotte;
baudroie |
rana
pescatrice; rospo |
rape;
pejesapo; pix’n Ast |
rap;
buldroi |
grd—bina
mrkulja; rošpo; žaba |
βατραχόψαρο |
Lophius
spp. |
🕷 |
mosquito |
moustique;
maringouin (esp. outside FR) |
zanzara |
mosquito |
mosquit;
cŸic |
kom‡rac |
κουνού¹ι |
Culicidae |
J |
moufflon |
mouflon |
muflone,
mufflone |
mufl—n |
mufl—
|
muflon,
(europski) |
αγριο¹ρόβατο;
μουφλόν |
Ovis
(ammon) musimon |
🌳🍅 |
mulberry |
mžrier
(tree); mžre (fruit) |
moro,
gelso (tree); mora del gelso (fruit) |
moral
esp. M. nigra; morera esp. M. alba (tree); mora (de
morera) (fruit) |
morera
|
murva;
dud |
μουριά (tree);
μούρο (fruit) |
Morus
spp. |
🕷 |
mussel,
Mediterranean |
moule
mŽditerranŽenne or de MŽditerranŽe |
mitilo
mediterraneo; muscolo NW;
peocio NE; cozza S |
mejill—n
mediterr‡neo |
dagnja;
mušula |
μύδι
Μεσογείου |
Mytilus
galloprovincialis |
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🌳🍅 |
myrtle |
myrte |
mirto;
murta Sard |
array‡n;
mirto |
murta;
murtra; murtera |
mirta;
mrča |
μυρτιά |
Myrtus
communis |
🐟 |
needlefish
È garfish |
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🐦 |
nuthatch,
Corsican |
sittelle
corse |
Sitta
whiteheadi |
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🌳 |
oak,
cork |
chne-lige |
quercia
da sughero or da sughera |
alcornoque;
(sufreiro Le—n) |
alzina
surera; surer? |
(hrast)
plutnjak |
φελλόδρυς |
Quercus
suber |
🌳 |
oak,
holm or evergreen |
chne
vert; yeuse |
(quercia)
leccio |
encina |
alzina
|
hrast
crnika; česmina; česvina |
αριά |
Quercus
ilex |
🌳 |
oak,
Kermes (or holly or scrub?) |
chne
kerms; garric Occ |
quercia
spinosa |
coscoja;
coscolla blanca; matarubia; mara–a; carrasquilla; chaparro/–a |
coscoll
etc; alzina ravell; garric; garriquella, garritx, garroll |
oštrika;
prnar; komorovac |
¹ουρνάρι;
¹ρίνος |
Quercus
coccifera |
🌿🍅 |
okra;
ochro GY; gumbo; lady's finger |
gombo;
calou GF |
gombo |
ocra;
okra; quingomb—, quinbomb— CU, VE |
μ¹άμιες;
γκόμ¹ο? |
Hibiscus
esculentus |
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🌿💮❢ |
oleander;
rose-bay |
laurier-rose;
olŽandre; laurier IO, Car |
oleandro;
mazza di San Giuseppe; rosagine |
adelfa; baladre |
baladre;
balandre; oleandre; llorer rosa |
oleander;
lijander |
¹ικροδάφνη |
Nerium
oleander |
🌳🍅 |
olive |
olivier
(tree); olive (fruit) |
olivo,
ulivo (tree); oliva, uliva (fruit) |
aceituno,
olivo (tree); aceituna, oliva (fruit) |
olivera
(tree); olivo (fruit) |
maslina;
uljika |
ελιά, ελαιά |
Olea
europea |
🌳🍅 |
olive,
cultivated |
olivier
(tree); olive (fruit) |
olivo
coltivato |
aceituno,
olivo (tree); aceituna, oliva (fruit) |
olivera
(tree); olivo (fruit) |
ελιά, ελαιά |
Olea
europaea sativa |
|
🌳🍅 |
olive,
wild |
olivier
sauvage or olŽastre (tree);
olive (fruit) |
oleastro;
olivastro; olivo selvatico |
acebuche |
ullastre;
rabell; oastre |
maslina,
divlja; mastrinka |
ελιά, ελαιά;
αγριελιά |
Olea
europaea oleaster |
🌿 |
oregano;
wild marjoram |
origan
(commun or vulgaire); marjolaine sauvage |
origano;
acciughero? |
orŽgano |
orenga
|
mrav’nac;
or’gano |
ρίγανη |
Origanum
vulgare |
🐦 |
osprey;
fish hawk Am, TT; sea eagle Car? |
balbuzard
pcheur or fluviatile; aigle pcheur CA?; aiglon, malfini de la
mer Car |
falco
pescatore |
‡guila
pescadora VE; halc—n pescador; ‡guila or guaraguao de mar,
guincho Car; gavil‡n pescador CR, MX; ‡guia peixeira Gal |
ˆguila
or ˆliga peixatera or pescadora |
bukoč;
orao ribar or ribič |
ψαραετός |
Pandion
haliaetus |
🕷 |
oyster,
(European flat) |
hu”tre
(plate) |
ostrica |
ostra |
ostra;
˜stia |
kamenica,
(europska); oštriga? |
στρείδι |
Ostrea
edulis |
🌳💮 |
pagoda
tree È frangipani |
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🌳🍅 |
pear,
wild |
pero
selvatico or alpino; perastro |
peral
silvestre |
perera
borda |
kruška,
divlja |
Pyrus
pyraster |
||
🐟 |
perch,
(European or Eurasian) |
perche
(commune) |
persico
reale |
perca |
percar |
grgeč;
kostriješ; bandar |
¹ερκί;
¹οταμό¹ερκα;
κακοξύστρα |
Perca
fluviatilis |
🐦 |
peregrine
(falcon); duck hawk Am |
faucon
pŽlerin |
pellegrino |
halc—n
peregrino VE or comœn; falc—n pelegr’n Gal |
(falc—)
pelegr’ |
sokol,
sivi |
¹ετρίτης |
Falco
peregrinus |
🐟 |
pike;
northern pike; pickerel (young) Eur |
brochet;
brocheton (young) |
luccio |
lucio |
llu
de riu; luci; lluci |
štuka
|
τούρνα |
Esox
lucius |
🐟 |
pilchard
È sardine |
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🌳 |
pine,
Aleppo |
pin
d'Alep |
pino
d'Aleppo |
pino
carrasco or carrasque–o or blanquillo or de Alepo;
pincarrasco |
pi
blanc or bord or nas or melich or garriguenc |
bor,
alepski or bijeli HR |
¹εύκη,
χαλέ¹ιος |
Pinus
halepensis |
🌳 |
pine,
European black |
pin
noir (d'Autriche) |
pino
nero |
pino
salgare–o or laricio or negral |
pinassa
|
bor,
crni |
μαυρό¹ευκο |
Pinus
nigra |
🌳 |
pine,
Corsican etc |
pin
(laricio) de Corse etc |
pino
corso etc |
pino
(negral) de C—rcega or
laricio etc |
Pinus
nigra laricio (Med
ssp) |
|||
🌳 |
pine,
Heldreich or Bosnian |
pino
loricato |
munika |
ρόμ¹ολο |
Pinus
heldreichii or
leucodermis |
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🌳 |
pine,
maritime or cluster or Bournemouth |
pin
maritime etc. |
pino
marittimo or pinastro or selvatico |
pino
mar’timo etc; pi–eiro bravo Gal |
pi
pinastre or mar’tim or de fulla |
bor,
primorski |
Pinus
pinaster |
|
🌳 |
pine,
Scots or common or red |
pin
sylvestre; daille (Franco-Provenal?) |
pino
silvestre |
pino
silvestre; (pino albar or blanquillo or royal Guadarrama,
or serrano Gredos?) |
pi
roig or femella or vermell; (pi) rajol or rajolet |
bor,
obični HR; bor, bijeli SR |
λιάχα;
δασική ¹ευκη |
Pinus
sylvestris |
🌳 |
pine,
Turkish or Calabrian or East Mediterranean |
pin
de Calabre |
pino
calabro |
pino
de Chipre or de Calabria or de Creta |
pi
de Turquia |
bor,
brucijski |
¹εύκη,
τραχεία;
Τουρκικό or Καλαβρέζικο
¹εύκο |
Pinus
brutia |
🌳🍅 |
pine,
umbrella or stone (tree);
pine kernel or nut (seed) |
pin
pignon or parasol (tree); pigne, pignon (seed) |
pino
da pinoli or a ombrella or domestica (tree); pinolo,
pignolo (seed) |
pino
pi–onero (oralbar or real or de la tierra or doncel
or manso or de comer or de pi–on?); pi–—n (seed);
pi–eiro manso Gal |
pi
pinyer or bo or parasol or pinyoner or ver or
campaner or de llei or de pinyons; piny— (seed) |
pinija |
κουκουναριά,
στροφιλιά (tree);
κουκουνάρι (seed) |
Pinus
pinea |
🌳🍅 |
pistachio |
pistache;
pistache arbuste IO Cr |
pistacchio |
pistacho;
alf—ncigo |
pistatxer;
pistatxo; festuc |
pistacia
|
φιστικιά |
Pistacia
vera |
🐟 |
plaice |
plie
commune |
platessa |
solla
|
iverak
zlatopjeg |
Pleuronectes
platessa |
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🌳 |
plane |
platanier |
platano |
pl‡tano |
plˆtan |
platana
|
¹λάτανος |
Platanus
spp. |
🐟 |
pointer,
blue or white È sharks |
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🌳🍅 |
pomegranate |
grenadier
(tree); grenade (fruit) |
melograno
(tree); melagrana (fruit); granato |
granado
(tree); granada (fruit) |
magraner |
šipak;
mogranj; nar; (granat–)jabuka |
ροδιά
(tree); ρόδι (fruit) |
Punica
granatum |
🐟 |
porgy
È sea bream |
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🕷 |
prawn
Eur; shrimp Am |
crevette |
gambero |
gamba |
gamba |
k˜zica
|
γαρίδα |
|
🌳🍅 |
prickly
pear |
figuier
de Barbarie (plant); figue de Barbarie (fruit) |
fico
d'India; figu murisca Sard |
chumbera;
higuera chumba or de tuna (plant); higo chumbo or de
tuna (fruit) |
figuera
palera or de moro |
smokva,
indijska |
φραγκοσυκιά
|
Opuntia
ficus-indica; O. tuna-blanca |
🌳🍅 |
quince |
cognassier
(tree); coing (fruit) |
(melo)
cotogno (tree); (mela) cotogna (fruit) |
membrillero
(tree); membrillo (fruit) |
codonyera |
dunja
|
κυδωνιά
(tree); κυδώνι (fruit) |
Cydonia
oblonga |
🐟 |
red
mullet Eur; goatfish Am |
rouget
barbet or de roche acc. to sp. |
triglia
di fango, barbone (M. barbatus); triglia di scoglio (M.
surmuletus). |
salmonete
de fango or de roca acc. to sp. |
moll
de fang or de roca acc. to sp. |
trlja;
b‡rbun |
μ¹αρμ¹ούνι or
κουτσομούρα acc. to
sp. |
Mullus
barbatus or
surmuletus |
🌿💮 |
rock-rose;
cistus |
ciste |
cisto;
murdegu Sard |
jara |
estepa |
bušin |
Cistus
spp. |
|
🌿💮 |
rose-bay
È oleander |
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🌿🍅 |
rosemary |
romarin;
encensier |
rosmarino |
romero |
roman’;
romer(o) |
ružmarin
etc; ruzman; žmurod |
δεντρολίβανο |
Rosmarinus
officinalis |
🐟 |
sailfish |
voilier |
pesce
vela |
aguja
de mar; pez vela; aguja vela VE |
ιστιοφόρος |
Istiophorus
spp. |
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🐟 |
salema |
saupe |
salpa;
sarpa |
salema;
(salpa?) |
salpa;
aurada grisenca; saupa |
salpa;
sopa |
σάλ¹α |
Sarpa
(or
Boops) salpa |
🐟 |
sardine,
European sardine (young); pilchard (adult) |
sardine |
sardina;
sarda |
sardina;
parrocha (small; Ast) |
sardina |
srdela |
σαρδέλλα |
Sardina
pilchardus |
🕷 |
scallop,
great or pilgrim |
coquille
Saint-Jacques |
ventaglio |
concha
de peregrina; vieira |
petxina
de pelegr’; xel |
kapica,
jakovljeva or jakobova; kapes‡nta? |
κτένι |
Pecten
jacobaeus |
🕷 |
scampi;
Dublin bay prawn; crawfish; crayfish |
langoustine |
scampo |
cigala;
langostina |
escamerlˆ;
garagan |
škamp
|
καραβίδα |
Nephrops
norvegicus |
🐦 |
scops
owl |
hibou
petit-duc |
assiolo |
autillo |
xot;
(mussol?) |
ćuk
|
γκιώνης |
Otus
scops |
🕷 |
scorpion |
scorpion |
scorpione |
escorpi—n;
alacr‡n |
escorp’ |
σκορ¹ιός |
||
🐟 |
scorpion
fish |
rascasse |
scorfano,
scorfanotto acc. to species |
escorpena;
esc—rpora; rascacio |
esc—rpora;
rascassa |
škarpina,
škarpinica, škrpinica, škarpun, škrpun acc. to species |
σκορ¹ιός,
σκορ¹ίνα acc. to species |
Scorpaena
(S. notata, porcus, scrofa) |
🐟 |
sea
bass; (white) sea perch; white salmon Am |
bar;
loup (de mer); loubine |
spigola;
spinola; branzino |
lubina;
robaliza; r—balo |
llobarro |
lubin;
brancin; smudut |
λαβράκι |
Morone
or
Dicentrarchus labrax |
🐟 |
sea
bream |
brme
de mer |
ljuskavka
|
Sparidae |
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🐟 |
sea
bream, Couch's or common Eur; (red) porgy Am |
pagre
commun |
pagro
(mediterraneo); praio |
pargo |
pˆguera;
pagre; fusta |
pagar;
pagra; albun |
φαγγρί;
(μερτζανι?) |
Pagrus
or Sparus
pagrus |
🐟 |
(sea-)bream,
gilt-head |
dorade;
daurade |
orata |
dorada |
orada |
k—marča;
podlanica; dinigla; lovrata; ovrata; sekulica |
τσι¹ούρα |
Sparus
aurata |
🐟 |
sea-bream,
red |
dorade
commune |
occhialone |
besugo |
okan
|
λιθρίνι |
Pagellus
centrodontus or
bogaraveo |
|
🐟 |
(sea-)bream,
saddled |
oblade |
occhiata |
oblada |
oblada |
ušata;
oćada |
μελανούρι |
Oblada
melanura |
🐟 |
sea-bream,
white |
sar
commun |
sarago
maggiore; sargo |
sargo |
sard
(comœ) |
šarag
|
σαργός |
Diplodus
sargus; Sargus sargus or
rondeletii |
🐟 |
(shark),
smooth hammerhead |
(requin-)marteau;
(maillet? demoiselle?) |
squalo
or pesce martello |
tibur—n
martillo cruz or liso |
peix
martell |
mlat;
jaram |
ζυγαινα;
¹ατερίτσα;
σφύραινα? |
Sphyrna zygaina |
🐟 |
shark,
mako; blue pointer AU? |
requin
mako |
(squalo)
mako |
marrajo;
(incl. (marrajo) dientuso); mako |
solraig |
Isurus
spp. |
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🐟 |
shark,
(great) white; white pointer; blue pointer ZA |
(grand)
requin blanc |
squalo
bianco |
jaquet—n
blanco; gran blanco MX |
taur—
blanc |
pas
ljudožder; velika bijela |
σκυλόψαρο;
σμ¹ρίλλιος |
Carcharodon
carcharias |
🐦 |
shrike,
red-backed |
pie-griche
Žcorcheur |
averla
piccola |
alcaud—n
dorsirrojo |
escorxador |
svračak,
rusi |
αετομάχος |
Lanius
collurio |
🌳💮 |
smoke
tree; Venetian sumach |
arbre
ˆ perruques |
scotano |
‡rbol
de las pelucas |
rujevina
|
χρυσόξυλο
|
Cotinus
coggygria; Rhus cotinus |
|
🐟 |
sole,
Dover |
sole |
sogliola |
lenguado |
llenguado |
list,
(morski) |
γλώσσα |
Solea
solea |
🐟 |
squid |
encornet |
calamaro |
calamar |
calamar |
lignja,
(europska) |
καλαμάρι |
Loligo
vulgaris |
🌳 |
storax
È liquidambar? |
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🐦 |
stork,
white |
cigogne
blanche |
ciconia
bianca |
cigŸe–a
blanca or comœn; cigo–a comn Gal |
cigonya
blanca |
roda,
bijela |
¹ελαργός;
λευκο¹ελαργός |
Ciconia
ciconia |
🌳🍅 |
strawberry
tree; Killarney strawberry tree; arbutus |
arbousier
(commun) (tree); arbouse (fruit) |
corbezzolo;
albatro |
madro–o/–a;
(madro–ero/–a, madrollo, merodo, albocera; alborocera Arag;
aborio LiŽbana; borto Burgos, Rioja; albedro, borrachin Ast?;
Žrbedo Gal |
arbocer(-a)
etc; arbo; arboc— etc; llipoter etc; llicutet; cirerer
d«arbo or de llop or de pastor |
planika
|
κουμαριά (tree);
κούμαρο (fruit) |
Arbutus
unedo |
🌳💮 |
sumach,
Venetian È smoke tree |
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🌳 |
sweetgum
È liquidambar |
|||||||
🐟 |
swordfish |
espadon;
empereur |
pesce
spada |
pez
espada; emperador |
peix
espasa; emperador |
iglun;
sabljarka |
ξιφιός;
ξιφίας Κ |
Xiphias
gladius |
🌳💮 |
tamarisk |
tamaris |
tamerice;
tamarisco? |
tamarisco;
taray; taraje |
tamariu;
tamarisc; tamarina; tamarit; tamarell |
tamaris;
metlika |
αρμυρίκι |
Tamarix
spp. |
🌳💮 |
temple
tree È frangipani |
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🌳 |
terebinth;
turpentine tree |
tŽrŽbinthe |
terebinto |
terebinto;
cornicabra |
arbre
del pi; cornicabra; garrofer bord; llampuga; noguereta |
smrdljika
|
κοκκορεβιθιά;
κοκκορέτσα |
Pistacia
terebinthus |
🌿💮 |
thyme |
thym |
timo;
serpillo; serpollino |
timo;
tomillo |
tim—;
farigola |
timijan;
timas; bosiljak; manja mažurana; majčina dušica |
θυμάρι |
Thymus
spp. |
🐟 |
trout,
Mediterranean |
truite
ˆ grosses taches (incl truite corse) |
trota
sarda (S. cettii?); trota dell'Atlante (S. macrostigma?) |
trucha
del mar Tirreno |
Salmo
cettii and/or
S. (trutta) microstigma |
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🐟 |
tuna,
Atlantic bluefin |
thon
rouge (du Nord or de l'Atlantique or de MŽditerranŽe) |
tonno
rosso or pinna blu |
atœn
rojo or azul or cimarr—n or de aleta azul (del
Atl‡ntico) |
tonyina
(vermella or roja) |
tunj;
tuna |
τόννος,
ερυθρός or
κόκκινος |
Thunnus
or Orcynus
thynnus |
🐟 |
tuna,
long-fin; albacore |
thon
blanc; germon |
alalunga;
alalonga; tonno bianco |
bonito
del norte Eur? albacora; atœn blanco; atœn de aleta larga CL |
bacora;
bacoreta; tonyina blanca; ullada |
tunj
dugokrilac or dugorepi |
τόννος
μακρό¹τερος;
τονάκι;
όρκυνος |
Thunnus
alalunga |
🐟 |
(tuna),
skipjack or stripe-bellied |
bonite
ˆ ventre rayŽ; listao |
tonnetto
striato |
listado;
bonito (de altura or de vientre rayado); barrilete MX |
bon’tol
(de ventre) ratllat |
ρίκι |
Katsuwonus
or Euthynnus
pelamis |
|
🐟 |
turbot |
turbot |
rombo
chiodato |
rodaballo
|
καλκάνι |
Scophthalmus
maximus; Psetta maxima |
||
🌳 |
turpentine
tree È terebinth |
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👽 |
turtle,
green |
tortue
verte or franche |
tartaruga
verde |
tortuga
verde or franca; tortuga blanca CO; peje blanco PR; tartaruga mari–a verde Gal |
tortuga
verda |
želva,
golema |
χελώνα
μύδας; ¹ράσινη
θαλασσοχελώνα;
τσαγαλοχελώνα |
Chelonia
mydas |
👽 |
turtle,
leatherback |
(tortue)
luth |
dermochelide
coreacea |
(tortuga)
laœd; baula CR; tortuga canal, barriguda, cana CO; tinglar PR;
tartaruga de coiro Gal |
tortuga
llaŸt |
usminjača,
sedmopruga |
δερματοχελώνα |
Dermochelys
coriacea |
👽 |
turtle,
loggerhead |
caouane,
caouanne |
tartaruga
comune |
(tortuga)
caguama CO, MX; tortuga boba Eur; tartaruga mari–a comœn Gal |
tortuga
babaua |
želva,
glavata |
Caretta
caretta |
|
🕷 |
Venus,
warty |
praire
(commune); pra•ro Med |
tartufo
di mare; caparon Venice etc. |
escupi–a
grabada; almej—n |
escopinya
gravada |
brbavica;
prnjavica; kučica etc. |
kυδώνι
|
Venus
verrucosa |
🌿🍅 |
vine,
wine vine, grape vine (plant); grape (fruit) |
vigne
(plant); raisin (fruit) |
vite
(plant); uva (fruit) |
vid (plant);
uva (fruit) |
vinya,
cep, parra (plant); ra•m (fruit) |
vinoloza,
vinova loza, vinski trs, čokot (plant); grožđe (fruit) |
κλήμα,
άμ¹ελος (plant);
σταφύλι (fruit) |
Vitis
vinifera |
🐦 |
vulture,
bearded; lammergeier |
gypate
(barbu) |
avvoltoio
barbato or degli agnelli; gipeto (barbuto) |
‡guila
barbuda; quebrantahuesos; cascaosos Gal |
trencal˜s
|
kostoberina,
(žutoglava) |
γυ¹άετος |
Gypaetus
barbatus |
🐦 |
vulture,
(European) black (Old World) |
vautour
moine |
avvoltoio
monaco |
buitre
negro; abutre cincento Gal |
voltor
negre |
strvinar,
crni (euroazijski) |
μαυρόγυ¹ας |
Aegypius
monachus |
🐦 |
vulture,
Egyptian |
percnoptre
d'ƒgypte |
capovaccaio |
alimoche
comœn; abutre branco Gal |
aufrany;
miloca; moixeta voltonera |
crkavica;
bijela kanja |
ασ¹ρο¹άρης;
κουκάλογο Zagori |
Neophron
percnopterus |
🌳🍅 |
walnut |
noyer
(tree); noix (nut) |
noce
(comune); nuxi Sard |
nogal
(tree); nuez (nut) |
noguera |
orah |
καρυδιά
(tree); καρύδι (nut) |
Juglans
regia |
🐟❢ |
weever |
vive |
tracina |
ara–a,
escorpi—n, v’bora, salvariego (according to sp.) |
aranya
|
δράκαινα |
Trachinus
spp. |
|
🐟 |
white
salmon Am, (white) sea perch È sea bass |
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J |
wolf,
grey Eur or gray Am or timber |
loup;
louve ♀; louveteau (young) |
lupo |
lobo;
loba ♀ |
llop
|
vuk,
(sivi) |
λύκος |
Canis
lupus |
European
mountains: French
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Other
areas: Mediterranean | North American mountains | New World tropics
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