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jeotgal

jeotgal noun: a Korean condiment made from salted fermented seafood.

Noun

jeotgal (usually uncountable, plural jeotgals)

  1. (usually) A Korean condiment made from salted fermented seafood.
    • All amplified lnuA gene fragments showed nearly identical sequence identity, even though the harboring strains were isolated from two different types of jeotgal.2015 October 9, “Characterization of Mobile Staphylococcus equorum Plasmids Isolated from Fermented Seafood That Confer Lincomycin Resistance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of jeotgal

pluraljeotgals

Origin of jeotgal

Borrowed from Korean 젓갈 (jeotgal).

Questions about jeotgal

What does jeotgal mean?
Jeotgal means a Korean condiment made from salted fermented seafood.
What part of speech is jeotgal?
Jeotgal is a noun.
What is the plural of jeotgal?
The plural of jeotgal is jeotgals.

Words near jeotgal in the dictionary

  1. jeopardously
  2. jeopards
  3. jeopardy
  4. jeopardying
  5. JeOS
  6. jeotgal
  7. jeotgals
  8. JEP
  9. Jeparit
  10. Jeph
  11. Jephrey

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