IberiaNature

An English-Spanish glossary of the Natural History of Spain

UV:

ullal (Cat.) : ojo ; spring which wells up to form pool

umbría : shady side of mountain

urogallo común : capercaillie : Tetrao urogallus

urraca : magpie : Pica pica

vadera : ford

vado : ford

vaguada : trough (meteo); valley bottom; dry stream bed; vaguada dinámica/de sotavento; : dynamic/lee trough; vaguada en altos niveles : upper-level trough

val (Gal.) : valley

valgada (Gal.) : drover's path

vall (Cat.) : valley

valle : valley

vallina (Ast.) : small valley

vaqueiro : cowman ( Galicia , Asturias) vaqueiros de alzada high-pasture cowmen

vedado de pesca : fishing reserve :

vega : fertile plain; meadow, field alongside river

veiga (Gal.) : boggy meadow

venado : deer, venison

vencejo cafre : white-rumped swift : Apus caffer

vencejo común : common swift : Apus apus

vencejo pálido : pallid swift : Apus pallidus

vencejo real : alpine swift : Apus melba

vencejo unicolor : plain swift : Apus unicolor

vendímia : grape harvest

vendimiadora : grape picker

ventarrón : gale

ventisca : blizzard; gale

ventisquero : snowdrift; sheltered area in which snow and ice build up.

verdecillo : european serin : Serinus serinus

verderón común : greenfinch : Carduelis chloris

verderón serrano : citril finch : Serinus citrinella

verdial : boggy and very green land. Associated with surfacing of springs

vereda : narrow path formed by the passage of people and livestock

verraco : adult male boar or pig

via pecuaria : livestock track

víbora áspid : asp viper ( Vipera aspis )

víbora europea : common viper or adder ( Vipera berus )

víbora hocicuda : Lataste's viper ( Viborade lataste )

vid : grapevine

viento : wind

viñador : wine grower

viñedo : vineyard

visón americano : american mink : Mustela vision

visón europeo : European mink : Mustela lutreola

viticultor : wine grower

vitol (Val.) : bittern

viuda negra : black widow ( Latrodectus tredecimguttatus )

vuelvepiedras común : turnstone : Arenaria interpres

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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