callipash
/ˈkælɪpæʃ/
callipash is the alternative form of calipash.
Meaning of calipash
Noun
calipash (countable and uncountable, plural calipashes)
- The edible greenish material found underneath the upper half of a turtle's carapace (shell).
- The tortoise—as the alderman of Bristol, well learned in eating, knows by much experience—besides the delicious calipash and calipee, contains many different kinds of food.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I
Forms of callipash
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Questions about callipash
- What is callipash the alternative form of?
- Callipash is the alternative form of calipash.
- How do you pronounce callipash?
- Callipash is pronounced /ˈkælɪpæʃ/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: callipash (page history and authors); calipash (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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