ikejime
noun/ˌiːkeɪˈd͡ʒiːmeɪ/
Etymology Borrowed from Japanese 活(い)け締(じ)め (ikejime).
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A method of killing a live fish wherein a spike is forcefully inserted into the hindbrain.
- In Japan, fish and crustaceans are killed by pushing a wire through their spinal cord, a method called ikejime.2018, Shingo Hamada, Richard Ralph Wilk, Seafood: Ocean to the Plate, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 176:
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