cordesco

== Italian == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin chordus (“late-born”), through an unattested Vulgar Latin term *chordiscus. Compare also Portuguese cordeiro, Spanish cordero. === Noun === cordesco m (plural cordeschi, feminine cordesca) (Tuscany) secondborn lamb calf butchered when still young === Further reading === cordesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana