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taramosalata

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ta⋅ra⋅ma⋅sa⋅la⋅ta

[tahr-uh-muh-suh-lah-tuh; Gk. tah-rah-mah-sah-lah-tah]
–noun
a Greek dip or paste of smoked carp roe combined with milk, bread crumbs, lemon juice, and olive oil.
Also, ta⋅ra⋅mo⋅sa⋅la⋅ta [tahr-uh-moh-suh-lah-tuh; Gk. tah-rah-maw-sah-lah-tah] .
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ta·ra·ma·sa·la·ta   (tä'rä-mä-sä-lä'tä)   
n.  A paste of fish roe, olive oil, lemon juice, and potatoes or moistened bread crumbs.

[Modern Greek : taramas, preserved roe (from Turkish tarama, soft roe) + saláta, salad (from Italian insalata, from feminine past participle of insalare, to salt : Latin in-, in, on; see in-2 + Vulgar Latin *salāre, to salt from Latin sāl, salt; see sal).]
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