scungille
/skʊnˈdʒiːleɪ
/ /skʊnˈdʒiːli/(also scungile)
noun (plural scungilli /skʊnˈdʒiːli/)
A mollusc (especially with reference to its meat eaten as a delicacy): it was the only store in the city that carried scungilli...
- At least we don't have organ grinders with monkeys dressed in red and white checked sailor suits crawling around Mary-Kate and Ashley's shoulders asking for scungili.
- They serve northern Italian fare including spaghetti carbonara, scungilli salad and shrimp Danielle.
Origin
From Italian dialect scunciglio, probably an alteration of Italian conchiglia 'seashell'.