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crottin

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crot⋅tin

[krot-n]
–noun
1. a type of French goat cheese.
2. a small, round disk of this cheese.
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crot·tin   (krŏt'n)   
n.  
  1. A pungent cheese made of goat's milk and formed into small disks.

  2. A disk of this cheese.


[French, from Old French crotin, animal dropping, diminutive of crotte, dung, probably of Germanic origin.]
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