niku-nuki

English

Etymology

From Japanese 肉抜き (niku-nuki, literally “flesh removal”), introduced to English by Fukuda, Haga, and Tatara in 2007.

Noun

niku-nuki (uncountable)

1. (malacology) A method of preserving both the shell and the body intact, by using hot water on a live specimen to separate the two.