ENTRAILS

viscera, entrails, innards

(noun) internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); “‘viscera’ is the plural form of ‘viscus’”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

entrails

(archaic) plural of entrail

entrails pl (plural only)

The internal organs of an animal, especially the intestines.

Synonyms: bowels, innards, intestines, offal, viscera

(obsolete) The seat of the emotions.

Anagrams

• Latiners, art lines, larnites, latrines, ratlines, retinals, slantier, trainels, trenails

Source: Wiktionary


En"trails, n. pl. Etym: [F. entrailles, LL. intralia, intranea, fr. interaneum, pl. interanea, intestine, interaneus inward, interior, fr. inter between, among, within. See Internal.]

1. The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.

2. The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth. That treasure . . . hid the dark entrails of America. Locke.

ENTRAIL

En*trail", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + OF. treiller to grate, lattice, F. treille vine, arbor. See Trellis.]

Definition: To interweave; to intertwine. [Obs.] Spenser.

En*trail", n.

Definition: Entanglement; fold. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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