Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fish, Xesurus punctatus, of the family Teuthididæ, found on the Pacific coast of Mexico.

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Examples

  • Banks are a good, safe place for your money, but the faithful "cochinito" could help you save for something special.

    Hispanic Business Magazine 2009

  • Everything on the menu looked good but the cochinito pibil looked familiar.

    Where Toucan Fly - A Short Story Beth 2008

  • Everything on the menu looked good but the cochinito pibil looked familiar.

    Where Toucan Fly - A Short Story Beth 2008

  • It's probably the most genteel restaurant in the Westlake district, favored by politicians and gourmands from the nearby Mexican Consulate, and one of the best places in town to taste regional Mexican cooking - for Yucatecan snacks like panuchos, vaporcitos and the Lebanese-Yucatecan kibi, as well as for the cuisine's most famous dish, cochinito pibil, which is rubbed with spice, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked until it practically collapses under its own weight.

    LA Weekly | Complete Issue 2009

  • It's probably the most genteel restaurant in the Westlake district, favored by politicians and gourmands from the nearby Mexican Consulate, and one of the best places in town to taste regional Mexican cooking -- for Yucatecan snacks like panuchos, vaporcitos and the Lebanese-Yucatecan kibi, as well as for the cuisine's most famous dish, cochinito pibil, which is rubbed with spice, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked until it practically collapses under its own weight.

    LA Weekly | Complete Issue 2009

  • La Tía's chef Rocio Camacho makes decent sopes piled with Yucatecan-style cochinito pibil and a wonderful plate of fried turnovers, quesadillas, stuffed with vegetables and cheese.

    LA Weekly | Complete Issue 2009

  • La Tía's chef Rocio Camacho makes decent sopes piled with Yucatecan-style cochinito pibil and a wonderful plate of fried turnovers, quesadillas, stuffed with vegetables and cheese.

    LA Weekly | Complete Issue 2009

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