6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
verb remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English vein English devein From de- + vein.
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