spannocchio
See also: spannocchiò
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
- spannocchia f (regional)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From spannocchia, regional variant of pannocchia (“corncob”).
Noun edit
spannocchio m (plural spannocchi)
- striped prawn (Melicertus kerathurus or Penaeus kerathurus)
- Synonyms: (Lazio/Marche/Toscana, Calabria, Sicilia, Puglia) ammaro, gambero imperiale, (Rome, Lazio) mazzancolla
Further reading edit
- Penaeus kerathurus on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- spannocchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
spannocchio