tomalley

English

Alternative forms

  • tumale

Etymology

Derived from Kari'na tamali / tumale (a sauce of lobster liver).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

tomalley (plural tomalleys)

  1. (cooking) The hepatopancreas of a crustacean.
    Synonym: mustard
    Hypernym: hepatopancreas

Translations

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 tomalley”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • tomalley”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.