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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Tetilla (“cheese”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
a cow's-milk cheese, made in Galicia, which resembles a small breast (hence the name) or a half-pear (hence the alternate name perilla).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: A cone of
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History
From Spanish tetilla (“little breast”), because the cheese is usually shaped into cones that resemble breasts or (half) pears.
