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maninose

maninose noun: the soft-shell clam.

Noun

maninose (plural maninoses)

  1. (US, Virginia, Maryland) The soft-shell clam.

Forms of maninose

pluralmaninoses
alternative formmananosay
alternative formnanninose

Origin of maninose

From a Native American language of the Carolinas, probably an Algonquian one, thus probably from Carolina Algonquian.

Questions about maninose

What does maninose mean?
Maninose means the soft-shell clam.
What part of speech is maninose?
Maninose is a noun.
What is the plural of maninose?
The plural of maninose is maninoses.

Words near maninose in the dictionary

  1. maniness
  2. Maningcol
  3. Maningning
  4. manini
  5. Maninka
  6. maninose
  7. maninoses
  8. manioc
  9. manioca
  10. maniocs
  11. Manion

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