Tetilla

See also: tetilla

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Tetilla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family  – a monotypic genus containing Tetilla hydrocotylifolia, an herb from Chile known as the bridal wreath.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Tetillidae – certain golf ball sponges.

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
• Tetilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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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