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Italian
Etymology
From translingual Uranoscopus, from Ancient Greek οὐρᾰνός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”) + σκοπός (skopós, “gazer”). By surface analysis, urano- + -scopo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u.raˈnɔ.sko.po/
- Rhymes: -ɔskopo
- Hyphenation: u‧ra‧nò‧sco‧po
Noun
uranoscopo m (plural uranoscopi)
- stargazer (perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae)
Further reading
- uranoscopo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- uranoscopo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- uranòscopo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- uranòscopo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana