pecorino


pe·co·ri·no

P0140500 (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.]

pecorino

(ˌpɛkəˈriːnəʊ) n (Cookery) an Italian cheese made from ewes' milk[C20: from Italian, literally: of ewes, from pecora sheep, from Latin pecus]