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MOCK TURTLE SOUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mock turtle soup mean?
• MOCK TURTLE SOUP (noun)
The noun MOCK TURTLE SOUP has 1 sense:
1. soup made from a calf's head or other meat in imitation of green turtle soup
Familiarity information: MOCK TURTLE SOUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soup made from a calf's head or other meat in imitation of green turtle soup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("mock turtle soup" is a kind of...):
soup (liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food)
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