FATBACK

fatback

(noun) salt pork from the back of a hog carcass

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fatback (plural fatbacks)

(US) A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard

A fish, the menhaden.

Anagrams

• backfat

Source: Wiktionary


Fat"back`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The menhaden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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