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porcini

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11 months ago bilby said:

I'm wondering what these fungi have to do with pigs. ie. porci - pigs; porcini - little pigs, by way of diminuitive. Swine used in finding them as in the case of truffles? I don't have access to an Italian etymological dictionary.

11 months ago SonofGroucho said:

Singular Porcino.

11 months ago bilby said:

Pronounced por-CHEE-nee.

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