aladroc

• alagroc (Mallorca)

Inherited from Old Catalan *alazdroc, from Arabic الْأَزْرَق (al-ʔazraq, “the blue one”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ləˈðɾɔk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.laˈðɾɔk]

aladroc m (plural aladrocs)

1. European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

   Synonym: seitó

• anxova

• “aladroc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007