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单词 calipash
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calipashn.

/ˈkalɪpaʃ/
Forms: 1600s calepatch, gallypatch, 1700s calibash, callepash, 1700s– calipash, callipash, (1800s calapash).
Etymology: Perhaps calipash and calipee n. may be adoptions of some West Indian words; the former suggests Spanish carapacho (see carapace n.).
1. The upper shell or carapace of the turtle. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > turtles or sea-tortoises > parts of
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1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 38 Having taken off their shells (that on their back being fairest, is called a Gally patch).
1689 H. Pitman Relation Great Sufferings 22 We left some peces of the Flesh on the Calepatch and Calapee, that is, the Back and Breast Shells.
2. That part of the turtle next to the upper shell, containing a dull green gelatinous substance.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > flesh of turtles or terrapins
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1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. i. 3 The Tortoise..besides the delicious Calibash and Calipee, contains many different Kinds of Food. View more context for this quotation
1769 J. Hall-Stevenson Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued IV. 21 An alderman who swallows three pounds of callipash and callipee.
a1845 T. Hood Turtles Having..Forestall'd the civic Banquet yet to be, Its callipash and callipee.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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