macizo : massif.
macolla : hump of plants???
Macronesia: biogeographical region comprising the Canary Islands, Atlantic Islands of the Azores, Salvage Islands, Madeira, Desertas, and Cape Verde Islands. Included for political rather than geographical reasons.
madreselva : mistletoe :
madriguera : burrow
maizal : corn field
majada : sheepfold.
majano : pile of stones in Extremadura, built up as they were removed from fields. Often used mark out territory.
mallo (Arag. Pyrneees) : large horn of rock as Los Mallos de Riglós. :
malvasía cabeciblanca : white-headed duck : Oxyura leucocephala
malvasía canela : ruddy duck : Oxyura jamaicensis
manada : pack
manantial : spring ( fuente ).
manzanal : apple orchard
mar : sea
mar de fondo : swell
mar encrespado : heavy swell
mar gruesa : rough sea
mar picado : choppy sea
marea : tide
marea alta : high tide
marea baja : low tide
marea negra : oil slick
marga : loam; marl
mariposa : butterfly :
mariposa nocturna : moth :
mariquita : ladybird
marisma : marsh; swamp
marmota : marmot : Marmota marmota
marta : pine marten : Martes martes
martín pescador : common kingfisher : Alcedo atthis
martinete común : night heron : Nycticorax nycticorax
masia (Cat.) : Catalan farmhouse
mata : bush; shrub
matas : thicket
matorral : scrub; heath
meandro : meander.
médano : sand dune
melandru/melón (Ast) : badger
meloncillo : Egyptian mongoose : Herpestes ichneumon
mendi (Eus.) : mountain
mérgulo atlántico : little auk : Alle alle
merina : merino
mesa : meseta surrounded by escarpments; tableland; plateau
meseta : extensive, flat or gently-undulating land higher than surrounding areas. Central Spain is divided into two Mesetas.
migración : migration
milano negro : black kite : Milvus migrans
milano real : red kite : Milvus milvus
milpiés : millipede
minifundio : small holding, common, for example in Galicia and Asturias
mirador : viewpoint
mirlo acuático : dipper : Cinclus cinclus
mirlo capiblanco : ring ouzel : Turdus torquatus
mirlo común : blackbird : Turdus merula
mistral : cold, stormy north-easterly wind which blows from the mouth of the Ebro to the Gulf of Genoa
mito : long-tailed tit : Aegithalus caudatus
mochuelo boreal : tengmalm's owl : Aegolius funereus
mochuelo europeo : little owl : Athene noctua
moheda : high hill with scrub vegetation
molleja : gizzard
mona de berbería: Barbary ape : Macaca sylvanus
monería : big game hunting, e.g. of wild boar
montado : the dehesa as it is known in Portugal
montanera : acorn-rich pastures fed on by Iberian pigs; the period during which the pig grazes here
monte : hills; mountains; hill
monte bajo : low montane
mora : blackberry
morera : mulberry
morito común : glossy ibis : Plegadis falcinellus
morrena : moraine
mosca de la fruta : fruit fly
mosca doméstica : house fly
moscardón : bluebottle
mosquitero canario : canary islands chiffchaff : Phylloscopus canariensis
mosquitero común : common chiffchaff : Phylloscopus collybita
mosquitero de Pallas : Pallas's leaf warbler : Phylloscopus proregulus
mosquitero de Schwarz : Radde's warbler : Phylloscopus schwarzi
mosquitero ibérico : Iberian chiffchaff : Phylloscopus brehmii
mosquitero musical : willow warbler : Phylloscopus trochilus
mosquitero papialbo : western bonelli's warbler : Phylloscopus bonelli
mosquitero silbador : wood warbler : Phylloscopus sibilatrix
muela : mound; steep hill
muflón: mouflon: Ovis ammon
muixó (Delta de Ebro) : bird
mula : slough (skin); moult (fur) :
murciélago de borde claro : Kuhl's pipistrelle : Pipistrellus kuhli
murciélago de cueva: Schreiber's bat: Miniopterus schreibersi
murciélago de Madeira : Madeira pipistrelle : Pipistrellus maderensis
murciélago de Nathusius: Nathusiu's pipistrelle : Pipistrellus nathusii
murciélago enano ( or de Cabrera) : common pipistrelle : Pipistrellus mediterraneus
murciélago enano : pipistrelle or common bat : Pipistrellus pipistrellus
murciélago grande de herradura: greater horseshoe bat: Rhinolophus ferrumequinun
murciélago hortelano : serotine bat : Eptesicus serotinus
murciélago mediano de herradura: Mehely's horseshoe bat: Rhinolophus mehelyi
murciélago mediterráneo de herradura : Mediterranean horseshoe bat : Rhinolophus euryale
murciélago montañero : Savi's pipistrelle : Hypsugo savii
murciélago orejudo canario: Tenerife long-eared bat: Plecotus teneriffae
murciélago orejudo dorado : brown long-eared bat : Plecotus auritus
murciélago orejudo gris: grey long-eared bat: Plecotus austriacus
murciélago pequeño de herradura : lesser horseshoe bat : Rhinolophus hipposideros
murciélago rabudo: European free-tailed bat: Tadarida teniotis
murciélago ratonero bigotudo : whiskered bat : Myotis mystacinus
murciélago ratonero forestal: B echstein's bat : Myotis bechsteini
murciélago ratonero grande : greater mouse-eared bat : Myotis myotis
murciélago ratonero gris: Natterer's bat: Myotis nattereri
murciélago ratonero mediano : lesser mouse-eared bat : Myotis blythii
murciélago ratonero pardo: Geoffroy's bat: Myotis emarginata
murciélago ratonero patudo : long-fingered bat : Myotis capaccinii
murciélago ratonero ribereño: Daubenton's bat: Myotis daubentoni
musagaño enano : pygmy white-toothed shrew : Suncus etruscus
musaraña bicolor (or colicuadrada): common shrew: Sorex araneus
musaraña canaria : Canary shrew : Crocidura canariensis
musaraña del campo : lesser white-toothed shrew : Crocidura suaveolens
musaraña del Osorio : Osorio shrew : Crocidura osorio
musaraña enana: pygmy shrew: Sorex minitus
musaraña gris : greater white-toothed shrew : Crocidura russula
musaraña ibérica: Spanish shrew: Sorex granarius
musaraña tricolor : Millet's shrew : Sorex coronatus
muscadino común: common dormouse : Muscardinus avellanarius
musgaño de Cabrera : Miller's water shrew : Neomys anomalus
musgaño patiblanco: water shrew : Neomys fodiens
musgo : moss
macizo English translation
massifs in Spain
massif in Spanish
madreselva in English
Spanish translation mistletoe
madriguera in English
burrow in Spanish
maizal English translation
corn fields in Spain
corn field in Spanish
majada in English
sheepfold in Spanish
manada in English
Spanish translation pack
manantial English translation
manzanal in English
apple orchards in Spain
apple orchard in Spanish
mar English translation
seas in Spain
Spanish translation sea
mar de fondo in English
swell in Spanish
mar encrespado in English
heavy swell in Spanish
mar gruesa in English
rough sea in Spanish
mar picado in English
choppy sea in Spanish
marea English translation
tides in Spain
tide in Spanish
marea alta in English
high tide in Spanish
marea baja in English
low tide in Spanish
marea negra English translation
oil slick in Spanish
marga in English
loam in Spanish
marl in Spanish
mariposa English translation
butterflies in Spain
butterflies in Spanish
ladybird in Spanish
marisma in English
marshes in Spain
Spanish translation marsh
swamp in Spanish
mata in English
bushes in Spain
bush in Spanish
shrubs in Spain
shrub in Spanish
matorral English translation
scrub in Spanish
heath in Spanish
meandro English translation
meander in Spanish.
médano in English
sand dunes in Spain
sand dune in Spanish
merina : merino
meseta in English
migración in English
migration in Spain
migration in Spanish
milpiés in English
millipede in Spanish
minifundio in English
mirador : viewpoint
mistral in English
moheda in English
molleja English translation
gizzard in Spanish
montanera in English
monte in English
monte bajo in English
low montane in Spanish
morrena English translation
moraines in Spain
moraine in Spanish
mosca de la fruta in English
Spanish translation fruit fly
mosca doméstica in English
house fly in Spanish
moths in Spain
Spanish translation moth
moscardón in English
bluebottle Spanish
muela in English
mound in Spanish
musgo English translation
moss in Spain
moss in Spanish