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

  • noun A dish of bite-sized marinated chicken pieces grilled on skewers.

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  • noun A Japanese shishkabob-type dish made with small pieces of chicken, fish, vegetables or beef which have been marinated in soy sauce and then cooked on skewers.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Japanese : yaki, roasting + tori, bird.]

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From Japanese 焼き鳥 (やきとり), from 焼き ‘grilled, toasted’ + ‘bird’.

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