llémena

Formed as a singular from Old Catalan llémenes, feminine of a masculine plural llémens[1], from a Vulgar Latin *lēndinem, accusative of *lēndō or *lēndis, as a variant of Latin lēns, lēndem (perhaps altered under the influence of Latin cimex, cimicem). Compare Portuguese lêndea, Italian lendine, Romanian lindină.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈʎe.mə.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈʎe.me.na/

llémena f (plural llémenes)

1. A nit.
2. (textiles, usually in the plural) A small defect in a piece of cloth with the appearance of a nit.
3. A hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum), so named from having bodies with the appearance of a nit instead of gills on the underside of the fruiting body to disperse the spores.

• poll (louse)

• “llémena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “llémena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “llémena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.