carcino
Appearance
See also: carcino-
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]carcino m (plural carcini)
- (zoology, uncountable) the Carcinus taxonomic genus
- a member of the Carcinus taxonomic genus
- 1976, Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del Museo civico di storia naturale in Milano, Volumi 117-119, page 356:
- Il popolamento acquatico è risultato composto da numerosi Carcini, Gibbule, Ciclonasse – anche abitate da Paguri – Haminaea sp., Cerastodermi, Scrobicularie, Gobidi e, sulle briccole del canale, Mitili.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- carcino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- Italian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/artʃino
- Rhymes:Italian/artʃino/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Zoology
- Italian uncountable nouns
- Italian terms with quotations