Tetilla

See also: tetilla

Translingual

Tetilla hydrocotylifolia

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Tetilla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Francoaceae – a monotypic genus containing Tetilla hydrocotylifolia, an herb from Chile known as the bridal wreath, possibly an invalid name to be replaced by Dimorphopetalum.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Tetillidae – certain golf ball sponges.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Francoaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms; eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II – clades; Geraniales – order; Francoaceae – family
• (genus in Tetillidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Parazoa – subkingdom; Porifera – phylum; Demospongiae – class; Heteroscleromorpha – subclass; Tetractinellida – order; Spirophorina – suborder; Tetillidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus in Francoaceae): Tetilla hydrocotylifolia (syn. Dimorphopetalum tetilla) – sole species
• (genus in Tetillidae): Tetilla euplocamos – type species

References

plant

• Tetilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tetilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Francoaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

sponge

• Tetillidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tetillidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tetillidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Some cones of Tetilla cheese.

Etymology

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

Noun

Tetilla (plural Tetillas)

1. (A cone of) 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).

Alternative forms

• tetilla

Anagrams

• a little, alt-lite