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Terms in Galician 221-230 of 355

merluza

[Galician] plural merluzas

Hake. Can also describe salt cod.

mero

/MEH-roh/
[Galician] plural meros

Wreckfish or stone bass, a type of grouper cooked like wrasse and used in soups or cut into steaks or filleted. It may grow as large as 2 m (6 ft) in length and it is found in both the Mediterranean and throughout the Atlantic. Wreckfish are inclined to follow bits of flotsam and jetsam floating on the surface of the sea.

mexillón

/meh-xheel-YOHN/
[Galician] plural mexillones

Mussel with orange flesh held in blue-black shells.

mincha

/MEEN-chah/
[Galician] plural minchas

Periwinkle. A sea snail.

moelo

[Galician] plural moelos

Rayed Artemis clam. A dirty white to light brown clam which occurs from Norway to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean.

monxa

[Galician] plural monxas

Mushroom - a general term.

monxo

[Galician] plural monxos

Parasol mushroom. Good baked with butter and garlic, or fried.

morea

[Galician] plural moreas

Moray eel, a good flavoured and textured fish for adding to soups and stews.

mujel

[Galician]

Thick-lipped grey mullet (US: striped mullet).

muruxa

[Galician]

Chickweed. A plant which grows wild near streams and on wasteland and may be eaten raw in salads, cooked in the same way as spinach or used to make soup.