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tiger's milk

tiger's milk noun: the sauce or marinade, made with lime juice and fish, in which ceviche is cured.

Noun

tiger's milk (uncountable)

  1. The sauce or marinade, made with lime juice and fish, in which ceviche is cured.

Origin of tiger's milk

Calque of Spanish leche de tigre

Questions about tiger's milk

What does tiger's milk mean?
Tiger's milk means the sauce or marinade, made with lime juice and fish, in which ceviche is cured.
What part of speech is tiger's milk?
Tiger's milk is a noun.

Words near tiger's milk in the dictionary

  1. tiger's blood
  2. tiger's claw
  3. tiger's claws
  4. tiger's eye
  5. tiger's eyes
  6. tiger's milk
  7. tiger's-eye
  8. tiger's-foot
  9. tiger-foot
  10. tiger-lilies
  11. tiger-lily

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