cordesco
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Latin chordus (“late-born”), through an unattested Vulgar Latin term *chordiscus. Compare also Portuguese cordeiro, Spanish cordero.
Noun[edit]
cordesco m (plural cordeschi, feminine cordesca) (Tuscany)
- secondborn lamb
- calf butchered when still young
Further reading[edit]
- cordesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana