fish pedicure

fish pedicure
 n.— «State regulators have banned a trendy type of spa procedure known as a “fish pedicure,” in which the spa patron places his or her feet into a bowl filled with fish, and the fish eat the dead skin and calluses off the feet.» —“Trendy Spa Procedure Banned in Texas” by Jim Forsyth WOAI-TV Oct. 9, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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