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noun, masculine

cárabo

/ˈkaɾabo/

noun, masculine/ˈkaɾabo/plural: cárabos

tawny owl

Inherited from Old Spanish carabo (1326), of uncertain origin. DHLE proposes that it's possibly derived from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́răbos, “a kind of beetle”) by semantic shift.

cárabo — Spanish Dictionary | Passage