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Italian
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin root *mordacia (< Latin mordax), probably altered to a form *mordacula from influence from tenacula. Compare French mordache, Portuguese mordaça, Spanish mordaza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /morˈdak.kja/
- Rhymes: -akkja
- Hyphenation: mor‧dàc‧chia
Noun
mordacchia f (plural mordacchie)
- muzzle
- Synonym: museruola