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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- carcino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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