mollecca
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Venetian moleca.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mollecca f (plural mollecche)
- a shore crab (Carcinus maenas) fished and sold as food right after the shedding of the shell
Further reading edit
- mollecca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana