Masculine

gorgoglione

Meaning

aphid

Concepts

Translations

Hyphenated as
gor‧go‧glió‧ne
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡor.ɡoʎˈʎo.ne/
Etymology

From Latin gurguliōnem, alternative form of curculiō (“weevil”). In Old Italian there also existed a variant gorgoglio, likely from the Latin nominative gurguliō. Compare also Catalan corcoll, Spanish gorgojo.

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