tricocefalo

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Italian

Etymology

By surface analysis, trico- +‎ -cefalo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tri.koˈt͡ʃɛ.fa.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛfalo
  • Hyphenation: tri‧co‧cè‧fa‧lo

Noun

tricocefalo m (plural tricocefali)

  1. whipworm (of the genus Trichuris)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tricocefalo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • tricocefalo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • tricocèfalo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • tricocèfalo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana