tetilla

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tetilla^¹

noun tetillas

Alternative letter-case form of Tetilla (“cheese”). The [...] cheeses are mild and buttery, and loved by children because tetilla is almost spreadable.

Tetilla^²

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

noun Tetillas · tetilla

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).

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@misc{tetilla_2026,
  title = {tetilla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tetilla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}