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petis

petis noun: a thick, dark, sticky paste made from shrimp or prawn.

Noun

petis (uncountable)

  1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) A thick, dark, sticky paste made from shrimp or prawn.

Questions about petis

What does petis mean?
Petis means a thick, dark, sticky paste made from shrimp or prawn.
What part of speech is petis?
Petis is a noun.

Words near petis in the dictionary

  1. Petion
  2. Petions
  3. petiotization
  4. Petipaesque
  5. petiquette
  6. petis
  7. petit
  8. Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
  9. petit bourgeois
  10. Petit Canouan
  11. petit final

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