The word in italics that is used in the given sentence above is the word "which". The word "which" in this sentence is used as a relative pronoun. A relative pronoun is a word that is used to connect a noun or a pronoun to a clause or phrase.
According to the context, the word in italics is "which".
<em> "Which"</em> is a relative pronoun that is used to refer to animals in general or things. A relative pronoun is a word that introduces a dependent clause and connects it to an independent clause. A subordinating conjunction, instead, is a conjunction that provides for the transition necessary between two ideas in the same sentence.
