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noun
A small, sweet, round Chinese dumpling with sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet filling, moulded to resemble a tortoise shell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, Singapore
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Synonyms: ang ku kueh
Antonyms: none provided
History
Calque of Hokkien 紅龜粿 /红龟粿 (âng-ku-kóe, literally “red tortoise cake”).
