DEVEIN

devein

(verb) remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

devein (third-person singular simple present deveins, present participle deveining, simple past and past participle deveined)

(transitive) To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).

Anagrams

• Devine, endive, envied, veined

Source: Wiktionary



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DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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