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haenyeos

haenyeos is the plural of haenyeo.

Meaning of haenyeo

Noun

haenyeo (plural haenyeos or haenyeo)

  1. A female diver in South Korea who works harvesting molluscs, seaweed, etc.
    • The haenyeos have a system where they can harvest the nine species of aquatic organisms in a sustainable manner.2023, Annie Mercier, Jean-Francois Hamel, Andrew Suhrbier, The World of Sea Cucumbers (page 114)

Questions about haenyeos

What is haenyeos the plural of?
Haenyeos is the plural of haenyeo.

Words near haenyeos in the dictionary

  1. haemulids
  2. Haemus
  3. Haen
  4. Haens
  5. haenyeo
  6. haenyeos
  7. Haerbin
  8. haereditas
  9. haeresiarch
  10. haeresiarchs
  11. Haerhpin

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