tomalley

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to·mal·ley

T0256100 (tə-măl′ē, tŏm′ăl′ē)n. pl. to·mal·leys The soft, green liver of cooked lobster.

[Galibi tamali.]

tomalley

(ˈtɒmælɪ) n (Cookery) fat from a lobster, called "liver", and eaten as a delicacy[C17: of Caribbean origin; compare Galibi tumali sauce of crab or lobster liver]

tom•al•ley

(ˈtɒmˌæl i)

n., pl. -leys. the liver of a lobster. [1660–70; earlier taumali < Carib]

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tomalley - edible greenish substance in boiled lobsterliver - liver of an animal used as meatlobster - flesh of a lobster

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noun edible greenish substance in boiled lobster

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