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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A usually deep-fried cylindrical casing of thin egg dough, filled with minced vegetables and often bits of seafood or meat.

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  • noun A food made made by wrapping a combination of chopped vegetables, possibly meat, and sometimes noodles, in a sheet of dough, dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash, then deep frying it.
  • noun In many Asian countries and among their emigrants, an egg-based, flute-shaped pastry, with typically yellowish, flaky crust, often eaten as a sweet snack or dessert.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried

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