tourón

== Galician == === Alternative forms === turón === Etymology === Perhaps from touro, because of its fierceness. Cognate with Portuguese toirão and Spanish turón. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /towˈɾoŋ/ === Noun === tourón m (plural touróns) ferret; polecat (Mustela putorius, a mustelid of Eurasia) Synonym: furón === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “touron”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tourón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tourón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN