Takoyaki

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ball-shaped Japanese dumpling made of batter and filled with diced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger, and green onion. countable, uncountable

    "There is fresh fish and lotus root and an abundance of other options, such as dumplings (four for 50 pesos) or Japanese takoyakis, fried octopus balls (six for 100 pesos)."

  2. 2
    a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special moulded pan wordnet

Example

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"It's hard to distinguish an aebleskiver pan from a takoyaki pan."

Etymology

From Japanese 蛸焼き (takoyaki).

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green onion

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