sorcio

(colloquial, Rome) a person with a thorough knowledge of small details of urban geography


ratto

Inherited from Latin rapidus (“quick”). Doublet of rapido, which was borrowed.

Ma quell'anime, ch'eran lasse e nude, ¶ cangiar colore e dibattero i denti, ¶ ratto che 'nteser le parole crude.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto II, page 29, lines 109–111:

But those souls, who were weary and naked, changed their colour/color and gnashed their teeth together, as soon as they heard the cruel words.


topo

it-noun

topo m (plural topi, feminine topa, diminutive topìno or topolìno; (less common) topétto or topettìno, augmentative topóne or topolóne, pejorative topàccio)

topi (plural)
topa (feminine)
topìno (diminutive)
topolìno (diminutive)
topétto (uncommon)
topettìno (uncommon)
topóne (augmentative)
topolóne (augmentative)
topàccio (pejorative)

From Latin talpa (“mole”) with a change in gender. The original [ɫ] appears to have vocalized to [u̯] in pre-literary Tuscan, with the resulting [au̯] regularly yielding [ɔ], as in Latin aurum (“gold”) > Italian òro. Doublet of talpa.


noki

Procavia capensis
Procavia capensis#Translingual

dassie rat, rock rat (Procavia capensis)


kha-nyou

kha-nyou, Laotian rock rat, rat squirrel


moscardino

dormouse, common dormouse, hazel dormouse


cavia

From New Latin Cavia, from Old Galician-Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat”), from Old Tupi saujá. Compare Portuguese sauiá.


criceto

Borrowed from translingual Cricetus, from Czech křeček.

ruota del criceto


arvicola delle nevi

it-noun

arvicola delle nevi f (plural arvicole delle nevi)


arvicola

Borrowed from translingual Arvicola, derived from Latin arvum (“field”) + -cola (suffix indicating an inhabitant).


marmotta americana

marmotta americana f (plural marmotte americane)


marmotta caligata

marmotta caligata f (plural marmotte caligate)


marmotta

→ Mòcheno: marmota


porcospino

From Latin porcus (“pig”) + spinus (“spine”).


capibara

Borrowed from Spanish capibara; from Old Tupi kapibara.

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris#Translingual


istrice

From Latin hystrīcem, from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hústrix). The porcupine exists in the wild in parts of southern Italy.

crested porcupine, European porcupine, Old World porcupine, hystricognath, porpentine


ghiro

From Vulgar Latin glīrus (attested in the Appendix Probi), from Latin glīrem.

dormouse (especially the edible dormouse), loir


scoiattolo

Diminutive (see -olo) of earlier scoiatto, from scoriatto, from Vulgar Latin *scuriatus, from scurius, variant of Latin sciūrus.


castoro

From an older castore, from Latin castōrem, from Ancient Greek Κάστωρ (Kástōr).


gerbillo

From French gerbille, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”).


cincillà

From New Latin, borrowed from Spanish chinchilla, from Quechua or Aymara.


pantegana

From Latin (mūs) ponticus (“Pontic (mouse)”).


surmolotto

Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus#Translingual

brown rat, Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)


viscaccia

Borrowed from Spanish vizcacha, from Quechua wisk'acha.


porcellino d'India

porcellino d'India m (plural porcellini d'India)


sicista

birch mouse, rodent of the genus Sicista


spalace

From Ancient Greek σπᾰ́λᾰξ (spálax, “Spalax microphthalmus”).

uder

blind mole rat, rodent of the genus Spalax


anomaluro

anomalure, scaly-tailed squirrel, flying squirrel


castoro americano

it-noun

castoro americano m (plural castori americani)


ratto del bambù

ratto del bambù m (plural ratti del bambù)


porcospino sudafricano

porcospino sudafricano m (plural porcospini sudafricani)

porcospino del Capo
porcospino del Capo#Italian


porcospino del Capo

porcospino del Capo m (plural porcospini del Capo)


ratto talpa africano

ratto talpa africano m (plural ratti talpa africani)


ratto procavia

ratto procavia m (plural ratti procavia)


castoro europeo

castoro europeo m (plural castori europei)


istrice crestato

istrice crestato m (plural istrici crestati)


ratto delle sabbie

ratto delle sabbie m (plural ratti delle sabbie)


anomaluro pigmeo

anomaluro pigmeo m (plural anomaluri pigmei)


ratto del deserto

ratto del deserto m (plural ratti del deserto)


topo saltatore

topo saltatore m (plural topi saltatori)


ratto delle rocce

ratto delle rocce m (plural ratti delle rocce)


ratto canguro del deserto

ratto canguro del deserto m (plural ratti canguro del deserto)


topo saltatore cinese

topo saltatore cinese m (plural topi saltatori cinesi)


ratto delle rocce laotiano

ratto delle rocce laotiano m (plural ratti delle rocce laotiani)


castoro di montagna

castoro di montagna m (plural castori di montagna)


eterocefalo glabro

eterocefalo glabro m (plural eterocefali glabri)

talpa senza pelo
talpa senza pelo#Italian


topo delle betulle

topo delle betulle m (plural topi delle betulle)


gerboa dai piedi rugosi

northern three-toed jerboa
northern three-toed jerboa


topo dalle tasche

topo dalle tasche m (plural topi dalle tasche)


lepre saltatrice del Capo

lepre saltatrice del Capo f (plural lepri saltatrici del Capo)


topo arboricolo

topo arboricolo m (plural topi arboricoli)


talpa senza pelo

talpa senza pelo f (plural talpe senza pelo)

naked mole rat, sand puppy (Heterocaphalus glaber)


sorca

From sorco, variant form of sorcio, ultimately from Latin sōrex (“shrew”).


talpone

(colloquial, figurative) a lazy, sedentary and disinterested person; couch potato


echimio

Borrowed from translingual Echimys, derived from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse, rat”).

der

any rodent of the Echimys taxonomic genus


proechimio

Borrowed from translingual Proechimys, derived from Latin prō- + Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse, rat”).

any rodent of the Proechimys taxonomic genus


pitimio

Borrowed from translingual Pitymys, derived from Ancient Greek πίτυς (pítus, “pine”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse, rat”).

any of voles of the subgenus Microtus (Pitymys)


eliofobio

Borrowed from translingual Myrmecobius, derived from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) (hence “fearing sunlight”).

Silvery mole-rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus)