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From cacca (“poop”) + -ola (diminutive suffix).
caccola f (plural caccole)
- booger
- sleep (in the eyes)
- lump of feces attached to the coat of a sheep
- “caccola”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026