A food of the greenish material found underneath the upper half of a turtle's carapace (shell)
Dobbin helped him to it; for the lady of the house, before whom the tureen was placed, was so ignorant of the contents that she was going to help Mr. Sedley without bestowing upon him either calipash or calipee.
A food of the greenish material found underneath the upper half of a turtles carapace (shell)
It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle