sweetbread, sweetbreads
(noun) edible glands of an animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sweetbread (plural sweetbreads)
The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
• (pancreas): belly sweetbread, gutbread, heart sweetbread, stomach sweetbread
• (thymus gland): gullet sweetbread, neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread
Source: Wiktionary
Sweet"bread`, n.
1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, or throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: The pancreas.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
