niku-nuki
Meanings
noun
- A method of preserving both the shell and the body intact, by using hot water on a live specimen to separate the two.
Word forms
Etymology
From Japanese 肉抜き (niku-nuki, literally “flesh removal”), introduced to English by Fukuda, Haga, and Tatara in 2007.
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