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muggie

muggie noun: the stomach of a fish, used as food.

Noun (1)

muggie (plural muggies)

  1. (Scotland) The stomach of a fish, used as food.

Noun (2)

muggie (plural muggies)

  1. (South Africa) mosquito, gnat

Forms of muggie

pluralmuggies

Origin of muggie

Borrowed from Afrikaans muggie, diminutive of mug, from Dutch mug, from Middle Dutch mugge.

Questions about muggie

What does muggie mean?
Muggie means the stomach of a fish, used as food.
What part of speech is muggie?
Muggie is a noun.
What is the plural of muggie?
The plural of muggie is muggies.

Words near muggie in the dictionary

  1. Muggeridgian
  2. muggers
  3. muggest
  4. mugget
  5. muggets
  6. muggie
  7. muggier
  8. muggies
  9. muggiest
  10. muggily
  11. mugginess

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