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casu martzu

UK/ˌkɑːzuː ˈmɑː(ɹ)tsuː/US/ˌkɑzu ˈmɑɹtsu/

casu martzu noun: a kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae.

casu martzu: a kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae
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Noun

casu martzu (uncountable)

  1. A kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae.
    Synonyms:
    maggot cheese

Synonyms of casu martzu

Forms of casu martzu

alternative formcasu marzu

Origin of casu martzu

Unadapted borrowing from Sardinian casu martzu (literally “rotten cheese”).

Questions about casu martzu

What does casu martzu mean?
Casu martzu means a kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae.
What part of speech is casu martzu?
Casu martzu is a noun.
How do you pronounce casu martzu?
Casu martzu is pronounced /ˌkɑːzuː ˈmɑː(ɹ)tsuː/ (UK).

Words near casu martzu in the dictionary

  1. casts up one's accounts
  2. castware
  3. castworthier
  4. castworthiest
  5. castworthy
  6. casu martzu
  7. casu marzu
  8. casual
  9. casual alien
  10. casual aliens
  11. casual Friday

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