| 单词 |
calipash |
| 释义 |
calipash|ˈkælɪpæʃ|
Forms: 7 calapatch, 8 calibash, callepash, 8– calipash, callipash, (9 calapash).
[Perh. calipash and calipee may be adoptions of some West Indian words; the former suggests Sp. carapacho (see carapace).]
†a. The upper shell or carapace of the turtle (obs.)
b. That part of the turtle next to the upper shell, containing a dull green gelatinous substance.
1689H. Pitman Relation in Arb. Garner VII. 358 We left some peces of the flesh on the calapatch and calapee, that is, the back and breast shells. 1749Fielding Tom Jones i. 1 The tortoise..besides the delicious calibash and calipee contains many different kinds of food. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ. (1775) 217 An alderman who swallows three pounds of callipash and callipee. a1845Hood Turtles, Having..Forestall'd the civic Banquet yet to be, Its callipash and callipee. 1883Pall Mall G. 21 Nov. 11/2 The callipee is the white portion of the flesh which comes from the belly; the calipash is black in colour, and is taken from the back. |
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