haenyeo

English

Etymology

Korean 해녀 (haenyeo, literally “sea woman”)

Noun

haenyeo (plural haenyeos or haenyeo)

  1. A female diver in South Korea who works harvesting molluscs, seaweed, etc.
    • 2023, Annie Mercier, ‎Jean-Francois Hamel, ‎Andrew Suhrbier, The World of Sea Cucumbers (page 114)
      The haenyeos have a system where they can harvest the nine species of aquatic organisms in a sustainable manner.
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