/mawr'teuh del"euh/ , n.
a large Italian sausage of pork, beef, and pork fat chopped fine, seasoned with garlic and pepper, cooked, and smoked.
[ 1605-15; murtat ( um ) sausage seasoned with myrtle ( murt ( um ) myrtle-berry + -atum, neut. of -atus -ATE 1 ) + -ella dim. suffix ]