рапан

Borrowed from Russian рапа́на (rapána), ultimately a derivative of Latin rāpum (“turnip”) due to the similarity of the creature to a turnip tuber.

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈpan]

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• Rhymes: -an

рапа́н • (rapán) m (diminutive рапа́нче)

1. (dialectal) whelk, sea snail (marine gastropod of family Muricidae)

   Synonym: мо́рски о́хлюв (mórski óhljuv)

2. (particularly) veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa, invasive species encountered in Black Sea after 1940's)

• ря́па (rjápa, “turnip”)
  • ра́пица (rápica), ре́пица (répica, “rapeseed”)

• “рапан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “рапан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010