maninose
English
Alternative forms
- mananosay; nanninose
Etymology
From a Native American language of the Carolinas, probably an Algonquian one, thus probably from Carolina Algonquian.[1]
Noun
maninose (plural maninoses)
- (US, Maryland, Virginia) The soft-shell clam.
References
- 2012, Richard W. Bailey, Speaking American : A History of English in the United States, page 56: "Direct borrowings of words from their languages were relatively rare: mananosay 'soft-shell crab' (1709) is one of the few loans that can be traced to the Carolinas."