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TOMALLEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tomalley mean?
• TOMALLEY (noun)
The noun TOMALLEY has 1 sense:
1. edible greenish substance in boiled lobster
Familiarity information: TOMALLEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Edible greenish substance in boiled lobster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("tomalley" is a kind of...):
liver (liver of an animal used as meat)
Holonyms ("tomalley" is a part of...):
lobster (flesh of a lobster)
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