star meat

English

Etymology

Derived from rats spelled backwards.

Noun

star meat (uncountable)

1. (Philippines, historical) The meat of rats used as food.
   • 2007, Maria Lina Araneta Santiago, Araneta: A Love Affair with God and Country:

     Before ending the story of my father as Secretary of Agriculture, the story of star meat must be told. My father's first big problem at the department was the rat invasion of Mindanao.

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