English Explanatory Dictionary

tetilla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Tetilla (“cheese”).
noun
  1. 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).

Word forms

tetilla tetillas

Etymology

From Spanish tetilla (“little breast”), because the cheese is usually shaped into cones that resemble breasts or (half) pears.

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