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Noun: wet market
  1. A market selling fresh meat and/or other perishable produce, esp. a live animal market where animals are slaughtered after purchase
    "The wet market bustled with activity as shoppers selected fresh fish and poultry"

Derived forms: wet markets

Type of: market, market place, marketplace, mart

Encyclopedia: Wet market