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mor·ta·della (môr′tə del′ə)

noun

a type of Italian bologna

Etymology: It < L murtatum (farcimen), (sausage) spiced with myrtle, neut. of myrtatus < myrtus, myrtle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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