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niku-nuki

niku-nuki noun: a method of preserving both the shell and the body intact, by using hot water on a live specimen to separate the two.

Noun

niku-nuki (uncountable)

  1. A method of preserving both the shell and the body intact, by using hot water on a live specimen to separate the two.

Origin of niku-nuki

From Japanese 肉抜き (niku-nuki, literally “flesh removal”), introduced to English by Fukuda, Haga, and Tatara in 2007.

Questions about niku-nuki

What does niku-nuki mean?
Niku-nuki means a method of preserving both the shell and the body intact, by using hot water on a live specimen to separate the two.
What part of speech is niku-nuki?
Niku-nuki is a noun.

Words near niku-nuki in the dictionary

  1. Nikonovs
  2. Nikopol
  3. Nikos
  4. Nikoslav
  5. Niksar
  6. niku-nuki
  7. nikud
  8. nikujaga
  9. nikuman
  10. Nikumaroro
  11. Nikumbha

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