pecorino

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pe·co·ri·no

(pĕk′ə-rē′nō)

n. pl. pe·co·ri·nos

An Italian cheese, especially Romano, made from sheep's milk.

[Italian, of ewes, pecorino, from pecora, ewe, sheep, from Latin, cattle, pl. of pecus; see peku- in Indo-European roots.]

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pecorino

(ˌpɛkəˈriːnəʊ)

(Cookery) an Italian cheese made from ewes' milk

[C20: from Italian, literally: of ewes, from pecora sheep, from Latin pecus]

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The business has expanded now to include a broad selection of Italian specialty cheeses that Lanza selects himself from all over Italy, including five canestrati (sheep's milk cheeses), various pecorinos, pasta filata, and others.

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Pecorino refers to any one of a number of sheep's milk cheeses made in Italy (pecora means sheep), particularly in the regions of Tuscany, Lazio (Rome), Sardinia, and Sicily.