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SWEETBREAD
sweetbread, sweetbreads
(noun) edible glands of an animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sweetbread (plural sweetbreads)
The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
Synonyms
• (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
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